h o l l y (hollyharpie) wrote in valesco,
@ 2014-02-08 20:41:00

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Hogsmeade Valentine's Spectacular! Friday, the 14th
Now, Holly was definitely not someone who enjoyed the frills and lace of Valentine's Day. Usually, she hated it, it was in the top five list of things she hated, but this year? She felt like celebrating. It had been a damn good year, and Holly was taking every opportunity to showcase the good bloody mood she'd been in. Sure, there had been its blips (McCormack owed her quite some bit), and each moment made her appreciate each and every day.

But that was the sort of sappy stuff she and her husband didn't say, so that was why she had insisted that their visit to Hogsmeade tonight was to crack jokes and judge the couples that took this holiday way too seriously.

It was turning out to not be as horrendous as one may have thought. Hogsmeade was a village on display, each store front lit up with lights, the street lamps giving off sprays of glitter and confetti as couples walked past. The different food places had set up heating spells around outside tables and counters, the aroma completely filling her every sense. The lake had turned into a beautiful ice rink, while a magical ferris wheel lit up the sky. The village had always amazed her, knowing that it was the only place in the country wizards and witches could be completely at ease with their magic outside of Hogwarts.

"Good thing they didn't let the kiddies out," Holly said, eyes catching sight of the castle in the distance. "They'd ruin the romance."

- Hogsmeade is open to all! The village streets are sort of like a Valentine's fair, hosted by Madam Puddifoot's (so you know there's some cheesy stuff).
- For some ADDED FUN, a little trickster has laced the chocolate supply with a truth serum. The amount of chocolate your character ingests, the more truthful/the longer they are under its spell. Soo...that could lead to some fun, y/y? >:D
- ALSO, for players on non British Isles teams, this is the last weekend to be home because practice for the WC starts after Valentine's Day! So get those feels out because you're shipping out!

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nott_hamilton
2014-02-09 09:06 pm UTC (link)

Theo had long since given up brushing the glitter off of his cloak, as every time he was nearly successful, more conveniently started raining down on them. He was certain that there was confetti in his hair, the thought alone made him want to cringe. He may have proposed on Valentine's day, but that was over Chinese take out at Holly's flat. This was absurd.

He tried not to look too bitter as he bit into a piece of chocolate (the only good thing about the night really, the abundance of dark chocolate available) as his wife seemed to be having a pleasant time. If Holly was happy, then he could manage to be happy as well.

Theo hummed in agreement, he didn't even want to think about Hogsmeade over run with school age children. He wasn't sure he'd be able to control the urge to trip the happy love sick kids if it were. "I thought they ruined things even when I was in school, I'm sure not much has changed. It is not to have to deal with that on top of the unusually large turn out for a Puddifoot's event."

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hollyharpie
2014-02-12 03:47 am UTC (link)

Holly laughed, imagining a school-aged Theo scowling at little first years and scaring them off. She was glad that she'd found someone whose temperament was equal to, or sometimes worse than hers, because it made her feel like she wasn't some sort of leper when it came to enjoying the less obvious things in life. Or, disliking the status quo.

"Ever bring a date to Puddifoot's?" she asked, nudging him in the side with her elbow. They did not talk much about their past, as Holly was sure that they would both grow irrationally furious at exes from way back when, but the idea of Theo stuck in the pink and frilly restaurant with some nutter was too hard to resist.

"C'mon, I know there had to be someone you fancied enough to deal with the place. Tell me," Holly teased, "Telllll me!"

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nott_hamilton
2014-02-12 09:30 pm UTC (link)

"Never." Theo answered when Holly asked if he had ever brought a date to Puddifoot's. Which was technically true. He didn't date anyone while he was in school. And that he recalled there wasn't a single witch that he ever fancied enough to endure such a thing. Well, Holly excluded but the reason he fancied her so much was because she would never expect him to set foot in such a place.

Though he never took anyone there, that didn't mean he never dined in the place. "Cordelia Burke." Frown lines etched his face as the name fell from his lips for the first time in years, but Holly continued to wheedle, and he couldn't seem to deny her the answer she was looking for. "Not that I fancied her, but she did force me to meet her there once to go over wedding plans. I believe that was the first time I considered faking my death to get out of the marriage." He shrug a shoulder avoiding Holly's gaze for a moment, wondering why he suddenly volunteered that bit of information. It wasn't like Holly didn't know that he was married before, but he certainly always avoided talking about it if he could.