RP: Exploring

[tt_daphne.insanejournal.com]

Date: October 29, 2001
Characters: Daphne Greengrass, Adrian Pucey, open
Setting: Settlement 1
Content: G
Status: Public: Open




Daphne changed her clothes and put on some boots. If she was going to go out, she at least would like to look presentable. Besides, if she was going to go exploring, she'd better be prepared for anything. This new world was foreign to her and, though in some ways it was much like her regular everyday life, in many ways she knew it would be completely different and she wanted to know for herself as soon as possible.

She took her purse, which had just a few precious things in it, and stepped out her door. She knew only that she was in a settlement and that there were other houses and flats around, but had no clue who lived in them. Her new neighbors. Would they be other witches and wizards or would they be Muggles? Would they be from Britain or other countries? Daphne wondered these things as she stepped outside and locked her door.

She turned to face the street and thought for a moment. Which way was the center of the settlement again? She tried to remember, but couldn't. "Oh, well," she shrugged to herself. And she turned to her right and started walking.

As she headed up the street, she noticed that all the buildings looked similar. She hoped she wouldn't get lost in this maze of a settlement. Usually in a city, she could navigate, but this was different. She tried to keep track of how far she was walking and in what direction, but as she turned a corner, she spotted a vaguely familiar face.

A curly mop of black hair stood out. She recognized him. He was the one who always ordered Scotch at the Three Broomsticks.

"Hey," she called out, waving, hoping he might wave back.

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[tt_adrian.insanejournal.com]

"It's always nice to have siblings around," Adrian side-stepped her mention of her parents potentially not joining. "Tell me about them?"

As he asked, he stood and took down the bottle of Scotch and the bottle of dark red wine he'd purchased at the market when he first ran into Ginny. "What's your poison?" He asked with a smile.

[tt_daphne.insanejournal.com]

"Well, Andrew is the oldest. He's nearing 30 and hard to live up to. He works at the publishing company and everyone loves him," she laughed a bit. It was hard being the middle child, but at least she had a sense of humor about it. "And Astoria is the little princess. She's still at Hogwarts."

"What about you? Your family coming?" she asked, pointing to the bottle of Scotch. Once she started with it, she knew better than to switch to something else.

[tt_adrian.insanejournal.com]

Adrian chuckled, "I don't know that that'll be the case here... I'm sure you've already noticed the life of a writer isn't an easy one on this side. Maybe you'll finally get to show him up." His eyes sparkled a little bit, feeling much like a Slytherin for the first time in ages. "Are they both Slytherin? My older sister, Sera, she broke family tradition in the highest sense, she was a Ravenclaw, now she's married to an American Muggle - Will, he's a good guy, as far as Muggles go, I don't know many of them, I guess."

Adrian swallowed thickly when she asked whether or not they were coming, "It doesn't look like it." Was all he said on the matter before taking a long drink this time.

"So, unskilled labor, what's up with that?"

[tt_daphne.insanejournal.com]

"Maybe so," Daphne responded. She wasn't sure she'd do much writing and getting any recognition as an unskilled laborer seemed highly unlikely, but she was cunning so she might find another way.

"Andrew's a Ravenclaw, and a smart-ass. Astoria's Slytherin... Muggles can be good people, too. I had a Muggle dance teacher in Oxford. She was quite sharp, and certainly cultured." Daphne took a sip of her Scotch.

"Yeah, I guess I'll be working the fields or something like that. I'm sure they'll give me training, but not quite sure doing what exactly," Daphne said. She couldn't imagine digging in the dirt as Adrian had been doing earlier, at least not for days on end. She hadn't really liked Herbology in school. The concepts were interesting and some of the plants were beautiful, but handling dirt and manure was not for her. "Of course, they could assign me to take care of livestock." She nearly shuddered. "Or security. Not sure what that entails." But security seemed to be the least of the three evils. Perhaps she would have a job doing that.

[tt_adrian.insanejournal.com]

"Huh, I wonder if he knew Sera." Sera was 28 now, so it wouldn't be out of the question. When she seemed to defend humanity he shook his head, "Oh, no, I didn't mean it like that at all. I love Will, he's family, and being a Muggle has never been a thing... To be honest, I find his American-isms more strange," he laughed.

"You dance? So basically you do everything?" He smiled, surprised she'd be in the fields. "My neighbor is in security, I think she used to be a Hit Wizard, or training to be one, or something, do you know her? Lavender Brown? She's your age." When she finished her drink and stood with a smile, he did the same and shook her hand, "It really was great to meet you, Daphne, we'll have to do this again sometime?" They agreed and he escorted her out, glad to have hopefully made a new friend.