Marauding Magic opens its doors!

[alwaysimpure]

Who: Remus, Sirius and anyone else who comes by
What: Marauding magic opens its doors for business!
When: All week~
Where: At the Marauding Magic Shop near the outskirts of town, close to the forest.
Warnings: Magic!

[Finally the big day everyone (at least two or three people, maybe) has been waiting for arrived! Today Marauding Magic opens its doors.

Come by and discover the wonders that lie within! Potions, books, toys and tools, things that are more sentient than they really have any business being and items whose purpose isn't entirely apparent at first, but they sure look pretty.

A fire that changes colors ever so often and chairs by the fireplace, the shop is inviting you to stay a while and discover more. Behind the counter there is a staircase leading upstairs. Don't mind any of the sounds you might hear from there, magical experiments can go unexpected ways at times.

Perched on top of the counter sits an owl, watching everything that is going on, sometimes by turning his head 180 degrees, as owls do. Better don't shop-lift, that beak is sharp.

When you enter, a chime follows as the door closes. It won't be long until a wizard or two appears. Welcome to Marauding Magic, prepare to be charmed.]


[ooc: Come enter the shop and fulfill your dreams and secret desires! Or just have a nice chat with the chaps running the place. Either way, come on in!]

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[animator]

[Anita had arranged to meet Rose at the shop after lunch in order to address the little problem the dhampir was experiencing with their current living situation. She had arrived early, managing to finish up with her other errands beforehand, which gave her a few minutes to be nosy and poke around the shop's interior as she waited for her roommate to join her. Curiously, she began to make her way down one of the aisles, examining a brightly-colored row of potions bottles with interest.]

Hm.

[alwaysimpure]

[He stops a bit behind her, smirking as he watches for a while.]

Love potions are in the last row, Anita.

[So he can't resist teasing her.]

[animator]

[She startles briefly, then rolls her eyes, looking over her shoulder -- and finding herself quite literally face-to-face with one of the shop's proprietors. She almost takes a step back, but decides not to, offering a smirk instead.]

Are you saying you think I need love potions to solve my problems now, Sirius?

[alwaysimpure]

You were the one thinking I'd make some!

[See, he's innocent. Smirking back though.]

Anyway, I was lying. Love potions are illegal... Well, where I come from they are. Free will isn't to be messed with.

[littledhampir]

Does this shit actually work?

[Rose having slipped in quietly and come up behind Anita, her head peering over her shoulder to see what it was her roommate was checking out.

It was no surprise to see Rose dressed in the kind of clothing one might wear to work out. Seeing as she did - nothing - in New Moore, outside of her training to date, her apparel was always some variation of the Guardian Black but at least she'd been good enough to show up before she hit the gym. A sweaty Rose in a confined space was hardly what you'd call a pleasant thing.]

[animator]

[Anita spares her a glance before shrugging, though she offers Rose a smile as well.]

That's what I hear. Everything else I've seen Sirius or Remus do in the way of magic has worked, why not this?

[littledhampir]

Yeah, I guess. I'm not used to magic being so readily available to... just anyone. People could use it back home, make charms and stuff but, it was usually personal.

[Rose shifting around beside Anita, picking up an item, eyes squinting as she read the label before putting it back down. This was way more advanced than Maroi magicks, at least that's how it seemed to her.]

[coimiceoir]

[Aisling hadn't responded to the advertisement for the shop, but that didn't mean she hadn't seen it. She remembered Sirius, of course, from his help outside the forest before her... well, nevermind. And Remus was still one of her friends, even after he left and came back older. So of course she came by the shop. She actually came by the day it opened, bouncing in and making the bell jingle cheerfully. Curious first-customers were perusing things all over, but for once Aisling didn't mind the crowded press of people that so frequently came with being in the city. This place was overflowing with magic of all sort - items and spells skittering across her senses as she hadn't felt in about a century. If it had been in the forest, instead of in a little building on the city's edge, she could have closed her eyes and almost felt herself home.

Disregarding anything resembling etiquette or rules, she leaped up into the ceiling beams and supporting structures, bypassing the customers entirely. She nodded a grave greeting to the guardian owl, silently exchanging pleasantries, before setting out to explore everything from above. If you knew what you were listening for, her laughter could be heard threading its way through the babble of the customers and merchandise.]

[alwaysimpure]

[Sirius does finally look up and spies her, smiling immediately and nodding in greeting. It's strange, to think a being is adorable at the same time as he can't help being in awe. A forest guardian, it's mythical in a way that is even special to a wizard.

With almost no one else in the shop by now, he doesn't hesitate to talk to her.]

Aisling! Nice of you to stop by.

[coimiceoir]

[This place is full of fascinating bits and bobs and pranking material, and she's been keeping herself entertained until people started filtering out again. Hopping beam to beam, she made her way over and swung precariously upside-down to talk.]

Dubhshlain! [Her Celtic name for him - just in case he doesn't want to share his True name.] Of course I came! This is wonderful. There is so much magic here!

[alwaysimpure]

[Hey, he's fine with sharing his true name, but if she prefers to give him a badass name like that, he can roll with that.]

I should hope so! That's the goal, after all.

[He grins up at her, leaning back against the counter to better face her.]

Anything you want to have a closer look at?

[raggedywizard]

[Remus smiles when Aisling shows up, watching her swing about the rafters like the place was just an extension of the forest. He was glad they had found a building close by. The forest here brought back memories, both happy and unpleasant, of the Forbidden Forest in their years at Hogwarts.]

Some of this is thanks to you.

[sawthefirst]

[ Quinn doesn't do much shopping. There is just too much to choose from, he doesn't know where to start. Besides, over a decade of stretching every recourse as far as it can go makes it feel wrong to make a purchase that he cannot justify as absolutely necessary. Sort of takes the fun out of a shopping spree when you agonize forever over every single thing because you have to make sure you spend your money just right, and only on what you absolutely need.

Still, looking is free, and there's more to look at in this shop than most, so he can be seen perusing the shelves and shaking his head with amused wonder. You'd think that after dragons nothing much would be that big of a surprise, but at the end of the day it's probably a good thing that there are things that baffle and beguile him. ]

[alwaysimpure]

Looking for anything in specific, Quinn?

[He recognizes him and stops next to him, putting his hand on the shelf and sparing a glare when a book snaps at him. It plays dead as soon as his eyes are on it, so he leaves his hand where it is.]

[sawthefirst]

[ He jumps a little at the snapping book, reflexes wound a bit too tight when it comes to avoiding potential danger, but he quickly regains his composure to smile at Sirius and shake his head. ]

Just looking. This all is a bit too far above my head for me to be buying anything.

[alwaysimpure]

Heh. I'd imagine so.

[Sirius strokes the back of the book absently, eyes on Quinn.]

Nothing like that where you come from, is there? Feel free to look at whatever you like, mate. Just tell me if there's anything you are curious about.

[littledhampir]

[If the ghostly situation were the only thing concerning Rose, she might have stuck by Anita's side throughout this shopping expedition, but the Dhampir had a few more questions of her own, ones that she didn't want to ask with an audience, ones she was considering not asking at all because the last thing she wanted was somebody to think she was crazy. Literally.

Making the excuse to look around, Rose peeled away from Anita, curiosity masking the hesitation she felt as her eyes roamed over the items in the shop. It was the owl that had her full attention though, the brunette having never seen one outside of pictures before, mimicking the owls movements as both tilted their head to one side, as if to examine each other.]

[alwaysimpure]

[The owl makes a soft sound and that's enough to catch Sirius' attention, who spots Rose in turn and smiles.]

Hey there. I was wondering when you'd drop by.

[He comes around the counter and stops next to it, stroking the owl's feathers with his knuckles]

He's a beauty, don't you think? Remus got him for me for Christmas. I called him Virgo.

[...his family has star-related naming traditions.]

[littledhampir]

[Rose's hand is rather tentatively moving towards the owl when the voice sounds and all but makes her jump, snatching it back as if she might have been doing something she shouldn't have been.]

Ah, yeah. Sooner rather than later seemed like a good life plan.

[Finding a grin for him as he moved behind the counter. In person she was struck by how much he looked like somebody else she knew, if he were almost a foot taller and had a Russian accent that is, Rose forcing herself to refocus on the owl rather than stare too long as she noted similarities.]

He is. I've never seen one before. Just, ya know, pictures.

[Smile widening a little as he stroked the bird.]

He's, a pet? I didn't know you could do that with owls.

[badnewsboy]

[it's hard to tell exactly when and how he got in. it's also hard to tell where he's headed, as he's doing his best not to get distracted by everything at once. his attention is torn between a few magical knick-knacks and the owl on its perch. and then it's between other magical objects that he seems to be scrutinizing with all of his Loki-ish attention. he tips his head back with the sounds coming upstairs, and decides, like any pre-teen with a healthy sense of adventure, that he should find exactly what is making that noise and how it may benefit him (or get him into trouble, rather.)

he's waiting for someone to turn their back before he can make a break for the stairs behind the counter.]

[alwaysimpure]

[Sirius watches Loki with a raised eyebrow as he notices him, then decides to ever so subtly keep watching him by turning around and glancing to a conveniently placed mirror. Alright, he has to move the mirror with a flick of his wand, but it works out alright.

There are wards on the staircase, designed to hold everyone but him and Remus out there. He might have gone overboard a little bit, so mostly he's curious what might hit first.

Tentacles, hair growing, tickle attack, skin turning blue,... More than enough to take one's pick from.]

[badnewsboy]

[he knows the canon, and he's not above thinking that there might be something there. so he goes about checking the staircase, skittering around when he believes no one is looking.

and then he picks a quarter from somewhere in his robes, and squatting by the staircase, he flicks it nonchalantly riiiiiiiight into it.]

And they're like It's better than yours...

[morethanasidekick]

[From the moment the bell chimes above the door, Kenzi is a little hard to miss, dressed in a leather corset that gives her the illusion of cleavage and a pair of obnoxiously lime green leggings that still somehow gets pulled off by the five foot four, wide-eyed bundle of energy and potentially witty one liners. Okay, so closer to Five-Seven in boots that come to her knees and have more buckles than a straitjacket. As a rule, Kenzi’s not the easiest of people to ignore.]

Holy –

[Kenzi spins in a circle, visually assaulted by everything at once, unable to absorb as fast as she’d like, things that should be familiar from too much time spent reading a certain series of books not quite penetrating the state of poorly veiled awe that has overcome her.]

Why am I always the last to know about all the cool shit?!

Damn right, it's better than yours...

[alwaysimpure]

[Well.

For a witch, her outfit really wasn't all that unusual. Which clearly didn't mean that Sirius couldn't appreciate it all the same or that he could ignore it any more than anyone else might have.

He watches her with amusement, fairly used to the awe by now. Nothing he had every experienced when being faced with mostly ordinary magic like this, but he could still appreciate it. It reminded him of muggleborn students at Hogwarts.]

I'm sure there are others who don't know yet. Kenzi, right?

I can teach you, But I have to charge

[morethanasidekick]

Yes, but they are not me and I clearly, should have been the first to know! Damn the Fae could get some tips in being awesome from...

[She finally stops and stares at Sirius, wagging a speculative finger at him.]

What are you exactly? I mean we didn't really cover that in the whole, hey so I just met you and this is crazy but lets get drunk and do magic, thing.