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Mad Eye Touz · 06-21-2012, 07:14 PM

The sleek, professional, and possibly slight presumptuous appearance of the Daily Prophet fades as you enter the spacious work area of the Editors and Writers of the Prophet. Not even the hustle and bustle of the staff can take away from the airiness of the large work area. The windows aren't real, though instead of being charmed to have pleasant views, they are charmed to show different locations of the wizarding world in real time, should anything news worthy happen unexpectedly.

Clusters of desks are scattered about the place in an organized fashion, grouped by sections of the prophet, and easily distinguished by the stacks of paper work atop the large desks. The editors have their own cluster of desks off near a large table that's used as extra workspace, or for when an impromptu gathering that doesn't require the conference room is needed.

Amongst a few framed articles, and moving pictures of photos from past assignments, is a large bulletin board for all important, and trivial, announcements. An eclectic clutter of old and new, scraps of paper, post it notes, and index cards push-pinned in, you can find anything from notices to the Prophet staff, birthdays, promotions, absences, story tips, employee of the month, and even silly notes and doodles. Of course there's coffee in the corner as well, though not as good as the stuff in the break room, it's there to keep you trucking through the long hours.

Cedric · 02-02-2015, 10:16 PM

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Wow, he was actually smiling at that greeting. Was there nothing Tori could do that would upset Paulie? Because there was plenty that HE had done to upset her...

She pursed her lips while he looked her over. "I AM a proper professional, Paulie," the redhead sighed rather than snapped. He was incorrigible, incurable, irredemable, and hopeless. She shook her head at him and turned around without further ado.

He was assisting her? Yeah, she would see about that. "Let's talk by my desk." The redhead sashayed off without another word. Click-clack-click-clack... follow along like a good little boy, Foster.

No sass, no sarcasm? Paulie hadn't been ready for the manner in which she replied, but the only way it showed was through his inability to really come up with any response on the spot. She shook her head at him, and whatever things she was thinking about him just then, he felt like all of them.

It was only when Tori turned that his eyes dropped.

He followed behind her trail of heel-clicking, now completely cognizant of the fact that this whole thing was most likely a sham.

BanaBatGirl · 02-03-2015, 03:15 AM

"Hello, Jorge," Tori called out a greeting to her coworker as she led the way back to her desk. She settled down with a small sigh and picked up her trusty parchment and self-inking, self-writing quill, gesturing smoothly for Paulie to have a seat across from her.

There were plenty of chairs here for her ~~loyal subjects~~ sources. Now that she was settled, the redhead cleared her throat politely and gave Paulie an searching stare.

"Why are you really here, Paulie? Something on your mind? Something you wanted to ask Agony Auntie Tori about in person? Something bothering you --- or someONE? Let's just be honest with each other, shall we? I think we've known each other long enough to play fairly by now." Plus, he wasn't grinning or goofing off for once, so that clued her into the fact that she miiiiiight just have a scoop on her hands with this man-boy ex-boyfran.

Bazinga · 02-03-2015, 04:16 AM

He had been lost in thought, thoughts about how his life had turned a 180 in the past few years and now he was sitting at a desk more instead of in Knockturn Alley being cursed for finding out things he shouldn't be. Some of that was a good thing, but if he was honest with himself he was growing rather bored of the nothing ever exciting happening ministry. He even resorted to quidditch articles, something he never thought he could see himself doing. Though he did find that he didn't mind them as much as he originally thought he would. Mariel got to him in that way, he knew it was her fault.

His thoughts being distracted he looked up, "Tori" He gave a signature smirk, but then noticed she was with someone. Hmm possibly someone for her advice column or maybe she had taken over the bachelor of the month. He didn't know if he'd seen that up for awhile, which he felt was a good thing. He always found them rather odd. People putting their names in to find a date. He was glad to never have had that problem. "Hello" He glanced again at the guest, not wanting to be rude.

Thought did he need to be? He watched the two before glancing back at his work. He'd keep an eye on them a bit, if Tori seemed uncomfortable he'd help get her out of the situation.

Cedric · 02-04-2015, 08:33 PM

As Tori settled herself into her throne, Paulie took a seat across from her. You know, a normal commoner kinda seat.

He smoothed out his trousers and gave the top of each knee a clap.

Here goes noth--

No. No no. Whoa whoa whoaaaaaa.

Here go a LOT of questions directed at Paulie. The real reason? Well, the real reason was he'd been DUPED! By a sly one Louisa Carter WHOSE game was getting progressively better as she got older. Pulling a fast one on him. HMMPH. He lifted his hands and waved them swiftly in a 'stooooop' kind of motion. "Please refrain from callin' yourself AUNTIE Tori, Tori." He gave an exaggerated shudder. He didn't kiss his aunties like he had kissed HER way back when. Anyhow. "No, no. I'm fine. Hele- Louisa's behind this. Think she's probably off havin' a good laugh 'bout it right now, in fact." Sure was. Mmmmmhm. No doubt.

'Play fairly'? He quirked his eyebrows at that and was about to comment when he was suddenly receiving a greeting from some separate person. Random person. Was that a protective look over in Tori's direction? Paulie turned back to Victoria and hitched his thumb into the direction of le coworker. "Jorge here gotta crush on ya..?" The traces of a smirk etched into the corners of his mouth.

BanaBatGirl · 02-06-2015, 04:21 AM

"What's wrong with the title of 'AUNTIE Tori,' huh, Paulie? It's not like I have any children or nieces or nephews to be worried about making jealous." She gave him a look which nearly implied that maybe he DID have children running about, but that still wouldn't be her problem.

What was wrong with the Agony Auntie title? It was a whole THING here. A Prophet tradition!

She rolled her eyes at his theatrics. "You think Louisa told you to come in? I mean," the ginger laughed and corrected herself, "Louisa told you to come in for a story because I needed help? And you actually BELIEVED her?! Is she trying to set us up again?" She tilted her head back fully for a louder laugh now, one entirely at Paule's expense.

HAAAAAAAAA bloody ha, Carter. She would get her back for that. Recovering, Tori tilted forward again and shook her head, her laugh-smile having subsided into a smirk. "No, darling, Jorge here is married and just very.... patriarchal." Big word for ya there, Foster. "The only person in these offices with a crush on me is probbbbbably YOU." Yeah, she said it!

*hair flip!*

Cedric · 02-06-2015, 09:27 PM

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"What's wrong with the title of 'AUNTIE Tori,' huh, Paulie? It's not like I have any children or nieces or nephews to be worried about making jealous." She gave him a look which nearly implied that maybe he DID have children running about, but that still wouldn't be her problem.

What was wrong with the Agony Auntie title? It was a whole THING here. A Prophet tradition!

She rolled her eyes at his theatrics. "You think Louisa told you to come in? I mean," the ginger laughed and corrected herself, "Louisa told you to come in for a story because I needed help? And you actually BELIEVED her?! Is she trying to set us up again?" She tilted her head back fully for a louder laugh now, one entirely at Paule's expense.

HAAAAAAAAA bloody ha, Carter. She would get her back for that. Recovering, Tori tilted forward again and shook her head, her laugh-smile having subsided into a smirk. "No, darling, Jorge here is married and just very.... patriarchal." Big word for ya there, Foster. "The only person in these offices with a crush on me is probbbbbably YOU." Yeah, she said it!

*hair flip!*

What was wrong with 'Auntie Tori'? Pffth. "'Cause," Paulie began, "You're not my aunt." So why in the world would he call TORI, of all people, that? He wouldn't, that's what. And he gave her suspicious looks right back. NO, there were no little Paulies running around, thank you very much.

On top of looks, he also received eye-rolls. She was good at those dramatic ones. Also laughs. LOTS of laughs, actually. You know what else she was good at? Getting him off his game. He needed to start rolling with these punches and delivering some himSELF. Paulie folded his arms with a less than amused expression and waited for her to finish. "Hah hah. Gooooosh, Tori. Journalism's turned ya into suuuuuch a comedian. I'm dyin' here." NOT.

"Louisa probably felt sorry for how dry your column was gettin', so she pushed me in your direction to spice things up a bit." Yeah, that's it. Plain and simple. He lifted his chin and smiled with his teeth.

But the smile subsided slightly to make way for the inevitable scoff that came with her ridiculous presumption. A crush? On her? What was this, 2078? "Uh huh, as if." He even topped it off with an eye-roll that wasn't so unlike hers.

BanaBatGirl · 02-06-2015, 11:02 PM

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What was wrong with 'Auntie Tori'? Pffth. "'Cause," Paulie began, "You're not my aunt." So why in the world would he call TORI, of all people, that? He wouldn't, that's what. And he gave her suspicious looks right back. NO, there were no little Paulies running around, thank you very much.

On top of looks, he also received eye-rolls. She was good at those dramatic ones. Also laughs. LOTS of laughs, actually. You know what else she was good at? Getting him off his game. He needed to start rolling with these punches and delivering some himSELF. Paulie folded his arms with a less than amused expression and waited for her to finish. "Hah hah. Gooooosh, Tori. Journalism's turned ya into suuuuuch a comedian. I'm dyin' here." NOT.

"Louisa probably felt sorry for how dry your column was gettin', so she pushed me in your direction to spice things up a bit." Yeah, that's it. Plain and simple. He lifted his chin and smiled with his teeth.

But the smile subsided slightly to make way for the inevitable scoff that came with her ridiculous presumption. A crush? On her? What was this, 2078? "Uh huh, as if." He even topped it off with an eye-roll that wasn't so unlike hers.

Tori sort of leaned her neck out to stare at Paulie as though he were... well, stupid. "You're not supposed to take the title THAT LITERALLY, Paulie," she stared at him. "No one does. Oh my gossssssssssh you have GOT to be kidding me if you think it's literal." REALLY? Really? REALLY?

She shook her head slowly again, half-amused and half-annoyed. Yeah, she was funny. A lot funnier BY INTENT than he was by accident. She narrowed her eyes at his latest comment. "She has no time to pity someone successful like me," the redhead fired back with a soft 'pffffffffft,' sound of disagreement. "We're friends, Foster, don't forget that." Funny how much they had used to hate each other, right?

Tori calmly raised an eyebrow at him. "Is that the sound of you agreeing with me?" Well, he hadn't said NO, he'd said 'uh huh.' See, she was getting a great idea here... and scooted her chair a bit closer to his so that their legs juuuuuuuust brushed. "Tell me why you're really here, Paulie, please---" pause to rap her hand on his knee and let it linger there just a bit longer than necessary, "---I INSIST!"

Cedric · 02-07-2015, 04:24 PM

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Tori sort of leaned her neck out to stare at Paulie as though he were... well, stupid. "You're not supposed to take the title THAT LITERALLY, Paulie," she stared at him. "No one does. Oh my gossssssssssh you have GOT to be kidding me if you think it's literal." REALLY? Really? REALLY?

She shook her head slowly again, half-amused and half-annoyed. Yeah, she was funny. A lot funnier BY INTENT than he was by accident. She narrowed her eyes at his latest comment. "She has no time to pity someone successful like me," the redhead fired back with a soft 'pffffffffft,' sound of disagreement. "We're friends, Foster, don't forget that." Funny how much they had used to hate each other, right?

Tori calmly raised an eyebrow at him. "Is that the sound of you agreeing with me?" Well, he hadn't said NO, he'd said 'uh huh.' See, she was getting a great idea here... and scooted her chair a bit closer to his so that their legs juuuuuuuust brushed. "Tell me why you're really here, Paulie, please---" pause to rap her hand on his knee and let it linger there just a bit longer than necessary, "---I INSIST!"

She could question his intelligence ALL she wanted; Paulie wasn't calling her that. "Ya knooow I like nicknames. But I'll pass on callin' ya Auntie Tori." Yes? Okay, yes.

"And as your friend, she must've noticed your articles gettin' bland, so she sent me to your rescue." There was an amused smirk that found its way onto his lips. Yeah, yeah. THAT was it. Had nothing to do with pulling a joke on Paulie here. Sweet, innocent Paulie. Maybe even sweet, innocent, angelic Paulie.

.....

The sound of him agreeing with her?! Were her ears DEAF to sarcasm? Paulie released a puff of breath. "Whaaat? No, I think that must be the sound of you bein' delusional." Completely. Leave it to a Daily Prophet journalist to twist your words around, pfft. But her actions that came next properly confused him, even burned his ears just a tad as he was so unready for them. "I'm here.." he began, as he shifted his leg away and ended up banging it into some area of her desk. "'Cause I thought we were gonna be talkin' 'bout the music festival!"

BanaBatGirl · 02-07-2015, 05:18 PM

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She could question his intelligence ALL she wanted; Paulie wasn't calling her that. "Ya knooow I like nicknames. But I'll pass on callin' ya Auntie Tori." Yes? Okay, yes.

"And as your friend, she must've noticed your articles gettin' bland, so she sent me to your rescue." There was an amused smirk that found its way onto his lips. Yeah, yeah. THAT was it. Had nothing to do with pulling a joke on Paulie here. Sweet, innocent Paulie. Maybe even sweet, innocent, angelic Paulie.

.....

The sound of him agreeing with her?! Were her ears DEAF to sarcasm? Paulie released a puff of breath. "Whaaat? No, I think that must be the sound of you bein' delusional." Completely. Leave it to a Daily Prophet journalist to twist your words around, pfft. But her actions that came next properly confused him, even burned his ears just a tad as he was so unready for them. "I'm here.." he began, as he shifted his leg away and ended up banging it into some area of her desk. "'Cause I thought we were gonna be talkin' 'bout the music festival!"

He did like nicknames, she knew that. Tori was reminded of one of her favorite nicknames, in fact, which Paulie had ALWAYS cooperated in calling her. But she wasn't about to get him to call her Princess again. No one called her that anymore; she simply didn't allow it. "But fine," she conceded. "Tori will do." Fine fine fine, for now.

She pursed her lips. "You, to my rescue? Maybe it's the other way around." Had he even considered THAT, huh? Sweet, innocent Paulie needed a wake-up dose of awesome, amazing Bunbury? THAT was probably Louisa's plan. She was all about woman-power, not about the man 'rescuing' the damsel in distress and whatever other nonsense Paulie's Gryffindor brain thought up.

The redhead shook her head in ~~delusion~~ denial. "You're here...." she repeated him, amusement etched all across her face as he knocked his knees on her desk, "to talk about the music festival. I see. So what do you want to talk about? I went, if you were wanting to know that. Too late to ask me to dance with you now." Hmmhmmhmmm she was smirking again. "In my opinion, the best act was that Xander Lockwood. Or the Wiggenweld, they were pretty hilarious."

She leaned back in her seat, her legs still crossed at the knee with one foot tapping thoughtfully in the air. "And which did you enjoy, Mister Wizarding Wireless Radio?" Or had he changed careers already?

Cedric · 02-07-2015, 07:55 PM

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He did like nicknames, she knew that. Tori was reminded of one of her favorite nicknames, in fact, which Paulie had ALWAYS cooperated in calling her. But she wasn't about to get him to call her Princess again. No one called her that anymore; she simply didn't allow it. "But fine," she conceded. "Tori will do." Fine fine fine, for now.

She pursed her lips. "You, to my rescue? Maybe it's the other way around." Had he even considered THAT, huh? Sweet, innocent Paulie needed a wake-up dose of awesome, amazing Bunbury? THAT was probably Louisa's plan. She was all about woman-power, not about the man 'rescuing' the damsel in distress and whatever other nonsense Paulie's Gryffindor brain thought up.

The redhead shook her head in ~~delusion~~ denial. "You're here...." she repeated him, amusement etched all across her face as he knocked his knees on her desk, "to talk about the music festival. I see. So what do you want to talk about? I went, if you were wanting to know that. Too late to ask me to dance with you now." Hmmhmmhmmm she was smirking again. "In my opinion, the best act was that Xander Lockwood. Or the Wiggenweld, they were pretty hilarious."

She leaned back in her seat, her legs still crossed at the knee with one foot tapping thoughtfully in the air. "And which did you enjoy, Mister Wizarding Wireless Radio?" Or had he changed careers already?

There. No more discussing anymore of that 'Auntie Tori' business. Paulie was satisfied. Not so hard, eh?

The former Gryffindor opened his mouth to naturally argue against Tori's 'rescue' theory, but then he stopped. Yes, he did think before speaking occasionally. His brow furrow juuuust a bit. Paulie HAD been having a ruddy bummer of a time lately. HAD that been Louisa's plan? She would do something clever like that, that Ravenclaw...... "Oh, whatever," he answered dismissively, unwilling to admit to the possibility of Tori being right. "Chances are it was just for laughs." Mhmm. Probably.

Yes. The music festival. Which, actually, didn't NEED to be talked about anymore since apparently Tori had not requested his help after all. But they were on the subject..

"Mhm, Louisa said ya were there." Too late to ask her to dance, HAH. Well, Paulie was a sort-of fan of dancing so yes, he would have danced with her had he believed that she didn't despise him by now. He also hadn't actually seen her, so that too. "I liked Wiggenweld quite a bit. Melanie Sung had a real good voice, but her songs weren't really my style." He noticed the foot-tapping and the way she leaned back in her seat like he was an employee, and she his boss. Ahem.

"Awh, and the food. The fried chocolate frogs and the burgers were amazing." His mouth watered a bit.

BanaBatGirl · 02-07-2015, 10:29 PM

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There. No more discussing anymore of that 'Auntie Tori' business. Paulie was satisfied. Not so hard, eh?

The former Gryffindor opened his mouth to naturally argue against Tori's 'rescue' theory, but then he stopped. Yes, he did think before speaking occasionally. His brow furrow juuuust a bit. Paulie HAD been having a ruddy bummer of a time lately. HAD that been Louisa's plan? She would do something clever like that, that Ravenclaw...... "Oh, whatever," he answered dismissively, unwilling to admit to the possibility of Tori being right. "Chances are it was just for laughs." Mhmm. Probably.

Yes. The music festival. Which, actually, didn't NEED to be talked about anymore since apparently Tori had not requested his help after all. But they were on the subject..

"Mhm, Louisa said ya were there." Too late to ask her to dance, HAH. Well, Paulie was a sort-of fan of dancing so yes, he would have danced with her had he believed that she didn't despise him by now. He also hadn't actually seen her, so that too. "I liked Wiggenweld quite a bit. Melanie Sung had a real good voice, but her songs weren't really my style." He noticed the foot-tapping and the way she leaned back in her seat like he was an employee, and she his boss. Ahem.

"Awh, and the food. The fried chocolate frogs and the burgers were amazing." His mouth watered a bit.

Look at that, the man-boy appeared to be developing thought before speech capabilities. Tori raised an eyebrow at his still-open mouth, followed by the 'whatever' which meant she WAS right. "Our interactions are probably amusing to her regardless," she nearly agreed with Paulie.

Yeah, ha, of course Louisa still talked about her to him. "Agreed," she nodded, not sure what else to say about the festival. "Those Dead Kneazles were quite popular with some of the crowd, but ugh, I thought they were kind of icky. Definitely not my taste in music, but I can see why they have a... younger following." Like Hogwarts-kids were interested in them. "Isn't Aspen's brother in that band?" she wondered aloud. It had been a long time since Tori had seen Aspen....

She grinned at the bit about the food. "No exploding lemonades, though. I saw that they had a tattoo tent; did you get anything?" Look at this, they were almost having a normal, proper conversation now... it was a good break from writing, at least, which is what she would be doing if Paulie hadn't stopped by.

Cedric · 02-08-2015, 01:48 PM

True. Paulie gave a nod in agreement. "Ya know me and Golden Boy are flatmates these days?" Since they were sort of on the subject of other people from their Hogwarts years. Mhmm. Good old August Goldstein!

Those Dead Kneazles. At her mention of their younger fanbase, Paulie grinned and nodded some again. "Uh huh, saw a good amount of Hogwarts kids hollerin' for 'em. Merlin, though, I had to laugh when I kept seein' one of the singers givin' the crowd those sexy, seductive looks.." He gave his impersonation of them with ample exaggeration before the amusement crept onto his face and he gave in to a laugh. Couldn't take himself too seriously. At her next question, Paulie angled his head slightly. "Yeah? I don't know Aspen's brother." But his brain did suddenly jump to a conversation he'd had with Joao a little while back. One in which Joao was being somewhat vague at times, for reasons unknown. "Which one was he?"

Exploding lemonade. His smile pulled up and wrinkled the skin beside his eyes as his mind suddenly saw a more scrawny, gangly version of himself wringing out a lemonade-soaked shirt before one amused thirteen-year-old Princess Tori. Hard to believe that that was TEN years ago. He chuckled and rubbed his jaw. "Nope, nope.. no exploding lemonade," he said, grin still present. "Clearly there was room for improvement with the drink menu."

The tattoo tent, yes. "Nah, no new ones for me." Subconsciously, he brushed over the ink on his forearm with his thumb. Maybe it was time for numero dos soon, though. It had crossed his mind. "And you? Hidin' any bum tattoos that I don't know about?" Daily Prophet emblem, maybe?

BanaBatGirl · 02-10-2015, 03:55 AM

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True. Paulie gave a nod in agreement. "Ya know me and Golden Boy are flatmates these days?" Since they were sort of on the subject of other people from their Hogwarts years. Mhmm. Good old August Goldstein!

Those Dead Kneazles. At her mention of their younger fanbase, Paulie grinned and nodded some again. "Uh huh, saw a good amount of Hogwarts kids hollerin' for 'em. Merlin, though, I had to laugh when I kept seein' one of the singers givin' the crowd those sexy, seductive looks.." He gave his impersonation of them with ample exaggeration before the amusement crept onto his face and he gave in to a laugh. Couldn't take himself too seriously. At her next question, Paulie angled his head slightly. "Yeah? I don't know Aspen's brother." But his brain did suddenly jump to a conversation he'd had with Joao a little while back. One in which Joao was being somewhat vague at times, for reasons unknown. "Which one was he?"

Exploding lemonade. His smile pulled up and wrinkled the skin beside his eyes as his mind suddenly saw a more scrawny, gangly version of himself wringing out a lemonade-soaked shirt before one amused thirteen-year-old Princess Tori. Hard to believe that that was TEN years ago. He chuckled and rubbed his jaw. "Nope, nope.. no exploding lemonade," he said, grin still present. "Clearly there was room for improvement with the drink menu."

The tattoo tent, yes. "Nah, no new ones for me." Subconsciously, he brushed over the ink on his forearm with his thumb. Maybe it was time for numero dos soon, though. It had crossed his mind. "And you? Hidin' any bum tattoos that I don't know about?" Daily Prophet emblem, maybe?

"You and... Auggie?" Tori had to do a mental run-through of all of Paulie's nicknames for their ~~few~~ shared friends. "Oh! That's cool. Yeah I remember getting an invite from him to come check out the flat but..." buuuuuuuut she hadn't wanted to see Paulie back then, "...but I was busy that weekend." She gave him a simple, if slightly stiff, smile. "How's that working out for ya?" Imagine being roommates with Paulie Foster. Surely some hijinks ensued in that place.

Hogwarts kids. Tori found herself nearly grinning like Paulie at the topic, though she let out a snort at his mention of 'seductive looks.' "Great impression," she poked fun at him. "I don't know him either, couldn't tell you anything more than I read on a flier at the festival." Shrug. "If you do have some info you want to share with the Daily Prophet, I could get Kenrick for you... he's doing a write-up on whether or not wrock is good for the impressionable youth." Sounded fancy, didn't she now.

No exploding lemonade, "Aww shucks," Tori winked at him. "Clearly." What was a festival without it? Tori's hazel eyes flicked to Paulie's forearm and then back up to his face, her smile changing into a smirk at his question. Bum tattoos. Pfffffffft. "Wouldn't you like to know," she replied saucily. "Lemme see this one, though," she reached out to gently run a finger over the tattoo on his forearm. Had he always had that?

Cedric · 02-11-2015, 07:42 PM

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"You and... Auggie?" Tori had to do a mental run-through of all of Paulie's nicknames for their ~~few~~ shared friends. "Oh! That's cool. Yeah I remember getting an invite from him to come check out the flat but..." buuuuuuuut she hadn't wanted to see Paulie back then, "...but I was busy that weekend." She gave him a simple, if slightly stiff, smile. "How's that working out for ya?" Imagine being roommates with Paulie Foster. Surely some hijinks ensued in that place.

Hogwarts kids. Tori found herself nearly grinning like Paulie at the topic, though she let out a snort at his mention of 'seductive looks.' "Great impression," she poked fun at him. "I don't know him either, couldn't tell you anything more than I read on a flier at the festival." Shrug. "If you do have some info you want to share with the Daily Prophet, I could get Kenrick for you... he's doing a write-up on whether or not wrock is good for the impressionable youth." Sounded fancy, didn't she now.

No exploding lemonade, "Aww shucks," Tori winked at him. "Clearly." What was a festival without it? Tori's hazel eyes flicked to Paulie's forearm and then back up to his face, her smile changing into a smirk at his question. Bum tattoos. Pfffffffft. "Wouldn't you like to know," she replied saucily. "Lemme see this one, though," she reached out to gently run a finger over the tattoo on his forearm. Had he always had that?

Paulie nodded. Yes. Auggie. August. Golden Boy. All one and the same. He listened as she explained her reasoning for not attending their flat-warming party. 'Busy,' she'd said. It was a generous lie. "Workin' real good, I think. He can laugh off my ridiculousness and and even embraces it on occasion." August WAS a good guy. Paulie was lucky to have him as a friend as well as a flatmate.

It was a pretty good impression, no? His grin remained. Though when Tori offered to get one of her co-workers so that he could swap info on that festival, Paulie waved his hand to supplement his decline. "Nah nah nah. Don't feel like doin' any extra work." Not when the topic was already pretty exhausted at WWN. And you know, he was pretty content just chit chatting with Tori.

He returned the smirk, amused. Yes, he WOULD like to know if Tori Bunbury, Miss Professional here, had a bum tattoo. Somehow he was guessing not, though. Not to mention there was little chance he'd get to see any evidence of it himself. Paulie felt her touch on his forearm and lifted his eyes from the tattoo to her. "Have ya forgotten?" he smiled. He'd gotten it at seventeen, not long before he joined the RAF. In memory of his dad.

BanaBatGirl · 02-12-2015, 02:22 AM

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Paulie nodded. Yes. Auggie. August. Golden Boy. All one and the same. He listened as she explained her reasoning for not attending their flat-warming party. 'Busy,' she'd said. It was a generous lie. "Workin' real good, I think. He can laugh off my ridiculousness and and even embraces it on occasion." August WAS a good guy. Paulie was lucky to have him as a friend as well as a flatmate.

It was a pretty good impression, no? His grin remained. Though when Tori offered to get one of her co-workers so that he could swap info on that festival, Paulie waved his hand to supplement his decline. "Nah nah nah. Don't feel like doin' any extra work." Not when the topic was already pretty exhausted at WWN. And you know, he was pretty content just chit chatting with Tori.

He returned the smirk, amused. Yes, he WOULD like to know if Tori Bunbury, Miss Professional here, had a bum tattoo. Somehow he was guessing not, though. Not to mention there was little chance he'd get to see any evidence of it himself. Paulie felt her touch on his forearm and lifted his eyes from the tattoo to her. "Have ya forgotten?" he smiled. He'd gotten it at seventeen, not long before he joined the RAF. In memory of his dad.

"Well that's good to hear," Tori said sincerely, actually meaning it this time. She didn't know what it was on this occasion, but she was actually wishing the best for Paulie. And she always wished the best for Auggie, obviously. He'd been one of her first friends at Hogwarts!

No extra work? Was he sure? So his visit here was purely social, then. For some reason, that relaxed Tori. Not that she, like, wanted Paulie all to herself or anything... pssshhhh........ she was just assisting Louisa in her master plan, whatever it was.

"Maybe," Tori mused, giving it one more trace with her finger before she returned her hands to her lap. She looked up to meet Paulie's eyes. "You've changed some. I thought maybe you hadn't kept that." She didn't know with Mr. WWN Foster. A lot of time had passed since they'd last had a normal chat like this, with no one threatening to arrest anyone or anything like that.

Cedric · 02-12-2015, 02:37 PM

Good to hear. Yes. Mhm. Nice of her to say so...

This was different, this. Like, having a NORMAL conversation with Tori Bunbury? What were the chances? Though he didn't mention it aloud. Didn't want to jinx it, ya know. But it was kinda..... nice.

She retracted her hand and he left his arm there for a second before pulling it back and leaning forward on his forearms some. Changed? She was sounding like Louisa now. He lifted an eyebrow. "Good change, bad change?" Maybe there was some change, yes. Though he also blamed this rut that he'd been stuck in recently. HE didn't even know where he was. "Probably sayin' so 'cause I'm not hittin' on ya like crazy, huh?" he grinned. It WAS a first.

But the tattoo had stayed the same. There was no way he wouldn't have kept it. He leaned back in his chair again and looked at Tori. "Seems like ya like it here." His head turned now to glance around at the rest of the desks and the writers scribbling away at drafts of their most recent scoops.

BanaBatGirl · 02-12-2015, 09:00 PM

Analyzing people was kind of Tori's thing as per her column, so it happened that she were naturally analyzing Paulie. He HAD changed, she knew it. But... "I don't know," the redhead had to admit, "which kind of change it is yet." She gently tapped her chin with her index finger, giving him a deeper look. Which did HE think it was, hmm?

She actually laughed at his self-given reason for how he'd changed. "Why IS that? I mean, that has to be it.... are you not hitting me because I'VE changed?" Was it the professional attire? "Or is there someone special in Paulie Foster's life?" Tori tilted her head and fluttered her eyelashes a little bit. She could get used to talking to Paulie like this again, like they were friends almost. ~~Wouldn't it be nice to have friends again?~~

Tori shrugged. "Yeah, it's alright. Always something different every day." Minus the writing task... that didn't change. "I like being in the thick of the action." And she LOVED having her ear to the ground. Tori had a lot of good connections here.

Cedric · 02-14-2015, 12:17 AM

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Analyzing people was kind of Tori's thing as per her column, so it happened that she were naturally analyzing Paulie. He HAD changed, she knew it. But... "I don't know," the redhead had to admit, "which kind of change it is yet." She gently tapped her chin with her index finger, giving him a deeper look. Which did HE think it was, hmm?

She actually laughed at his self-given reason for how he'd changed. "Why IS that? I mean, that has to be it.... are you not hitting me because I'VE changed?" Was it the professional attire? "Or is there someone special in Paulie Foster's life?" Tori tilted her head and fluttered her eyelashes a little bit. She could get used to talking to Paulie like this again, like they were friends almost. ~~Wouldn't it be nice to have friends again?~~

Tori shrugged. "Yeah, it's alright. Always something different every day." Minus the writing task... that didn't change. "I like being in the thick of the action." And she LOVED having her ear to the ground. Tori had a lot of good connections here.

Paulie wiggled his eyebrows as she looked at him with careful scrutiny. Deep looks. Was she chin-tapping, TOO? Tori must have been very interested in him, mhmm. "Maybe," he suggested, "Ya hold off on the analyzin' 'till we've hung out a few more times?" See what he did there? It's like she almost HAD to hang out with him again. She was a journalist; she was like.... curious. And stuff. "Louisa, too. Since, ya know, she was the mastermind and all." Ravenclaw. Pssht.

His lack of flirting was not due to the fact that she'd changed. Which she had, by the way. Changed. Or maybe it was simply that old Princess Tori was still there, but she just had some new.. elements to her. Yes. He preferred phrasing it that way. And it wasn't the business attire, no. HAH, no. She still looked sexy in that. It was because he just felt like a right nitwit lately. Had BEEN a nitwit lately. Just like he'd REALLY been one to Tori more than once before. He was rather good at nitwitting, no? One of Paulie's many talents. So, right now he just didn't want to lead her on yet again. He could afford to reproach himself for once in his life because it would pass. No doubt, probably more quickly than it should.

"Oh, I just spared ya the ol' Paulie charm this time 'cause I knew it'd be TOO much to handle when ya've been deprived of it so long," he grinned. He licked two of his fingertips and smoothed back a piece of his hair. SUAVE, you know.

Paulie nodded. "'Thick o' the action.'" Sounded about right. Well, it seemed like she was pretty fond of it. And Tori had been at the Daily Prophet for a good amount of time now, so she probably got on with at least some of the people by now. Like, for example, old watcher-man Jorge over here, keeping an eye out for her.

BanaBatGirl · 02-16-2015, 03:38 PM

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Paulie wiggled his eyebrows as she looked at him with careful scrutiny. Deep looks. Was she chin-tapping, TOO? Tori must have been very interested in him, mhmm. "Maybe," he suggested, "Ya hold off on the analyzin' 'till we've hung out a few more times?" See what he did there? It's like she almost HAD to hang out with him again. She was a journalist; she was like.... curious. And stuff. "Louisa, too. Since, ya know, she was the mastermind and all." Ravenclaw. Pssht.

His lack of flirting was not due to the fact that she'd changed. Which she had, by the way. Changed. Or maybe it was simply that old Princess Tori was still there, but she just had some new.. elements to her. Yes. He preferred phrasing it that way. And it wasn't the business attire, no. HAH, no. She still looked sexy in that. It was because he just felt like a right nitwit lately. Had BEEN a nitwit lately. Just like he'd REALLY been one to Tori more than once before. He was rather good at nitwitting, no? One of Paulie's many talents. So, right now he just didn't want to lead her on yet again. He could afford to reproach himself for once in his life because it would pass. No doubt, probably more quickly than it should.

"Oh, I just spared ya the ol' Paulie charm this time 'cause I knew it'd be TOO much to handle when ya've been deprived of it so long," he grinned. He licked two of his fingertips and smoothed back a piece of his hair. SUAVE, you know.

Paulie nodded. "'Thick o' the action.'" Sounded about right. Well, it seemed like she was pretty fond of it. And Tori had been at the Daily Prophet for a good amount of time now, so she probably got on with at least some of the people by now. Like, for example, old watcher-man Jorge over here, keeping an eye out for her.

Tori couldn't maintain her analytical expression for very long with Paulie making faces at her. "Maybe... I should hold off on the analyzin' til we've hung out a few more times," she repeated him in a spot-on impression. Then she let out a laugh. Yeah, she saw what you were up to, Foster. "And Louisa. I've been meaning to get a hold of her. All the more reason now, so we can all hang out." And so Tori agreed with Paulie, for once, and reached out to pat him affectionately on the knee again.

So, no answer to the single question? Hmmmmm Tori was totally going to have to poke Louisa for that one. "Hah," she rolled her eyes at the finger-licking. "You know they make hair gel for that, so you don't have to use your spit. You'd think a proper WWN newsman would be able to afford some! Don't they pay you enough over there?" Guess that was just another reason the Prophet was the superior news outlet, hehe. She enjoyed teasing him.

And speaking of teasing... was Paulie really eying up Jorge again? What was he implying with that comment about action, hmm? "Oi, De La Garza..." she called out to the Spaniard, popping up from her chair to lean over the small divider between their desks. "I have someone for you to check over. If he doesn't meet your approval, you can take him out back for a talk." She winked at her co-worker to let him know that she was just joking, but that he should TOTALLY play along.

Bazinga · 02-22-2015, 06:23 AM

He had been busy at his desk working pretty much nothing, he hadn't had inspiration for a story all day. What was wrong? Nothing was going on in the wizarding world that caught his attention, nothing. Could there at least be a muggle accident or something fun to write about. The MLE had to be doing something that needed in the paper, though he hadn't written one of those type of articles in awhile. Was he over due? Possibly.

His thought interrupted by a certain redhead popping up over the divider. "Oh, having some issues?" He got up out of his chair and made it around the divider to her office with a clear smirk on his face. Crossing his arms he leaned on the door of the cubical. "What seems to be the issue?" Eyeing the man and then playfully looking at Tori.

"You giving her issues? That is not something you should do here." Was this a boyfriend she was screwing with or something? He hadn't a clue nor did he really care, it was just a fun distraction.

Cedric · 02-22-2015, 09:21 PM

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Tori couldn't maintain her analytical expression for very long with Paulie making faces at her. "Maybe... I should hold off on the analyzin' til we've hung out a few more times," she repeated him in a spot-on impression. Then she let out a laugh. Yeah, she saw what you were up to, Foster. "And Louisa. I've been meaning to get a hold of her. All the more reason now, so we can all hang out." And so Tori agreed with Paulie, for once, and reached out to pat him affectionately on the knee again.

So, no answer to the single question? Hmmmmm Tori was totally going to have to poke Louisa for that one. "Hah," she rolled her eyes at the finger-licking. "You know they make hair gel for that, so you don't have to use your spit. You'd think a proper WWN newsman would be able to afford some! Don't they pay you enough over there?" Guess that was just another reason the Prophet was the superior news outlet, hehe. She enjoyed teasing him.

And speaking of teasing... was Paulie really eying up Jorge again? What was he implying with that comment about action, hmm? "Oi, De La Garza..." she called out to the Spaniard, popping up from her chair to lean over the small divider between their desks. "I have someone for you to check over. If he doesn't meet your approval, you can take him out back for a talk." She winked at her co-worker to let him know that she was just joking, but that he should TOTALLY play along.

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He had been busy at his desk working pretty much nothing, he hadn't had inspiration for a story all day. What was wrong? Nothing was going on in the wizarding world that caught his attention, nothing. Could there at least be a muggle accident or something fun to write about. The MLE had to be doing something that needed in the paper, though he hadn't written one of those type of articles in awhile. Was he over due? Possibly.

His thought interrupted by a certain redhead popping up over the divider. "Oh, having some issues?" He got up out of his chair and made it around the divider to her office with a clear smirk on his face. Crossing his arms he leaned on the door of the cubical. "What seems to be the issue?" Eyeing the man and then playfully looking at Tori.

"You giving her issues? That is not something you should do here." Was this a boyfriend she was screwing with or something? He hadn't a clue nor did he really care, it was just a fun distraction.

A corner of Paulie's mouth curled up into an amused, crooked grin. That WAS a pretty good impression. She almost gave him a run for his money just there. But oh, she'd been meaning to get a hold of Louisa, huh? Well, after all the two were friends - or something - these days. Never saw that one coming. "Good," he nodded, not shifting any legs away when she patted his knee again. "You can name when."

PAAAAAY rate was of almost no consequence to Paulie Foster. And as for HAIR GEL? "It'll be a cooooold day in hell when ya spot me usin' hair gel." And just for some added emphasis, he pointedly lifted his hand, licked THREE of his fingers, and pushed back some of his hair yet again. Then followed with a grin.

But now Tori was bouncing out of her seat to peer over at her coworker from the top of the divider. She made no attempt at quieting her voice when she spoke to him, either. Oh, so Paulie had to meet ol' JORGE's approval now, did he? Well. Two could play that game, Tori Bunbury. Paulie took on a smile as he leaned back in his chair, linked his fingers in his lap, and propped a foot on his knee.

And there he was, the big J man himself. Le protecteur. "Mhm," he gave a nod. "Givin' her lotsa issues. Looooads of 'em. Doin' real bad things to her, Jorge." And what was HE gonna do about it, hmmmmmmmm?

BanaBatGirl · 02-23-2015, 02:27 AM

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A corner of Paulie's mouth curled up into an amused, crooked grin. That WAS a pretty good impression. She almost gave him a run for his money just there. But oh, she'd been meaning to get a hold of Louisa, huh? Well, after all the two were friends - or something - these days. Never saw that one coming. "Good," he nodded, not shifting any legs away when she patted his knee again. "You can name when."

PAAAAAY rate was of almost no consequence to Paulie Foster. And as for HAIR GEL? "It'll be a cooooold day in hell when ya spot me usin' hair gel." And just for some added emphasis, he pointedly lifted his hand, licked THREE of his fingers, and pushed back some of his hair yet again. Then followed with a grin.

But now Tori was bouncing out of her seat to peer over at her coworker from the top of the divider. She made no attempt at quieting her voice when she spoke to him, either. Oh, so Paulie had to meet ol' JORGE's approval now, did he? Well. Two could play that game, Tori Bunbury. Paulie took on a smile as he leaned back in his chair, linked his fingers in his lap, and propped a foot on his knee.

And there he was, the big J man himself. Le protecteur. "Mhm," he gave a nod. "Givin' her lotsa issues. Looooads of 'em. Doin' real bad things to her, Jorge." And what was HE gonna do about it, hmmmmmmmm?

Hey, her impression had him smiling. Ooh, he was fine with their all hanging out, then? Excellent. "I like having all the power here, hmm." She'd never hung out with both Paulie AND Louisa at the same time, though... would Tori still like them both afterwards? Time would tell.

"Ewwwww!" she wrinkled her nose and swatted at his hand doing the hair-gel motions. "Eww Paulie, stop, that's so gross." She was giggling the whole time though, she couldn't help it. He was funny!

And now Jorge was here, using the word issues like he couldn't think of anything else in his vocabulary. She bit her lip to hide her smile and just slowwwwwly shook her head at Paulie. Well well. Jorge wasn't intimidating enough, clearly.

Bazinga · 02-24-2015, 01:07 AM

His eyebrow raised, who was this joker? Was this the type of people that Tori hung around with, really? He just kept his eye on the man without making any change in his facial expression. "Well when you are in this office you either treat the journalist with respect or you get a quick escort out." He hadn't been forceful in awhile, but it could be fun to do something different today.

Looking back over at Tori he just gave her a look like he wasn't amused by her friend. "You know she's one of our top journalist and has plenty of work to do. issues will not be one of the things she deals with. So either apologize or leave." He stayed leaning against the way with his arms crossed. Who was this guy anyway, a boyfriend? Just a friend? It didn't matter really, but the longer he stood there the more curious he got as to why she wanted to mess with him.

Cedric · 03-06-2015, 10:56 PM

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Hey, her impression had him smiling. Ooh, he was fine with their all hanging out, then? Excellent. "I like having all the power here, hmm." She'd never hung out with both Paulie AND Louisa at the same time, though... would Tori still like them both afterwards? Time would tell.

"Ewwwww!" she wrinkled her nose and swatted at his hand doing the hair-gel motions. "Eww Paulie, stop, that's so gross." She was giggling the whole time though, she couldn't help it. He was funny!

And now Jorge was here, using the word issues like he couldn't think of anything else in his vocabulary. She bit her lip to hide her smile and just slowwwwwly shook her head at Paulie. Well well. Jorge wasn't intimidating enough, clearly.

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His eyebrow raised, who was this joker? Was this the type of people that Tori hung around with, really? He just kept his eye on the man without making any change in his facial expression. "Well when you are in this office you either treat the journalist with respect or you get a quick escort out." He hadn't been forceful in awhile, but it could be fun to do something different today.

Looking back over at Tori he just gave her a look like he wasn't amused by her friend. "You know she's one of our top journalist and has plenty of work to do. issues will not be one of the things she deals with. So either apologize or leave." He stayed leaning against the way with his arms crossed. Who was this guy anyway, a boyfriend? Just a friend? It didn't matter really, but the longer he stood there the more curious he got as to why she wanted to mess with him.

Yeah, yeah, Paulie was letting Tori THINK she had all the power, you know. Of course he had it. Or you know, SOME of it. Most of it.... Yes.

He did succumb to a laugh or two upon seeing Tori get oh-so grossed out by his hair taming tactics. "Hey, it works!" Got his hair to keep from sticking out for a whole five seconds, no? He grinned.

But Jorge. Jorge was lecturing him on how he mustn't disrespect Journalist Bunbury. Excuse him, TOP journalist Bunbury. Still smiling, he dragged his eyes away from Tori to give Jorge his full attention.

Apologize, aha. He tilted his head thoughtfully, the corners of his mouth juuuuust upturned slightly. Apologize for what was it? Issues? Tori did probably deserve MORE than an apology from him, but not for anything he'd said or done today. His lips tugged a little more and he nodded before standing upright and making his way around to the other side of the desk where he leaned against it, next to Top Journalist Bunbury. Paulie looked over at Jorge. "Jorge." And then to Tori, a little more honey-sweet. "Tori."

And, like before, his two fingers went to his tongue. This time, he pushed a bit of shiny, red hair away from Tori's face, the little grin noticeably playing at his lips now. "I'll let myself out."

And then, he got up to do JUST that.

But not without calling behind him, of course. "Lemme know 'bout next time, honeybunch!"

Because they HAD agreed on a next time.

BanaBatGirl · 03-08-2015, 05:12 AM

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Yeah, yeah, Paulie was letting Tori THINK she had all the power, you know. Of course he had it. Or you know, SOME of it. Most of it.... Yes.

He did succumb to a laugh or two upon seeing Tori get oh-so grossed out by his hair taming tactics. "Hey, it works!" Got his hair to keep from sticking out for a whole five seconds, no? He grinned.

But Jorge. Jorge was lecturing him on how he mustn't disrespect Journalist Bunbury. Excuse him, TOP journalist Bunbury. Still smiling, he dragged his eyes away from Tori to give Jorge his full attention.

Apologize, aha. He tilted his head thoughtfully, the corners of his mouth juuuuust upturned slightly. Apologize for what was it? Issues? Tori did probably deserve MORE than an apology from him, but not for anything he'd said or done today. His lips tugged a little more and he nodded before standing upright and making his way around to the other side of the desk where he leaned against it, next to Top Journalist Bunbury. Paulie looked over at Jorge. "Jorge." And then to Tori, a little more honey-sweet. "Tori."

And, like before, his two fingers went to his tongue. This time, he pushed a bit of shiny, red hair away from Tori's face, the little grin noticeably playing at his lips now. "I'll let myself out."

And then, he got up to do JUST that.

But not without calling behind him, of course. "Lemme know 'bout next time, honeybunch!"

Because they HAD agreed on a next time.

It worked, but Tori didn't know HOW. "The power of spit..." she murmured, still looking at him with quite the wide-eyed expression of horror.

But Jorge. Good ol' Jorge, calling her a top journalist and all. Tori shifted in her seat smugly, crossing one leg over the other with a smirk. Oh yeah, Paulie, pay attention to Jorge. Apologize. ~~For what?~~ Never mind that, Paulie had a LOT to apologize for if she thought hard enough about it. Many, many things from their shared past ~~probably~~.

She raised her brows as he got up and came around the desk, now that she was forced to look up at him. Tori? "Yes?" she replied curiously. Oh.... oh no...whaat....was....this....... it was like Paulie's hand was moving to his lips and then down to her face in slowww motiooooon.... ever so slowly tucking the piece of hair behind her ear like he was a pro spit-styler. Maybe it was the spit or maybe it was the shocking proximity to Paulie's familiar lips, but the ginger journalist was completely immobilized in the ten milliseconds it took to play out Paulie's disgusting gesture.

Mer-lin! At least he was gone now, because it took Tori a full minute after that to process what he had done.

"I am NOT his honeybunch," Tori informed Jorge hotly, blinking rapidly and trying to hide her smile. She stood up suddenly from her desk and smoothed out her outfit. "Thanks for your help, though. He's just something else." SOMETHING else. Now she needed to go owl Louisa, k? K. Tori grabbed her bag and swept out of the cubicle area. "I'm taking my lunch now, byeeeeeeee!"

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