Event 5B: Magic Club
Arthur smiled in satisfaction. It was finally done. Though, he did have to change it a little, he was quite happy with how it turned out. He hung the poster on the door. It read:
Black Magic Club ( Read more... )
Black Magic Club ( Read more... )
"Grck!", she made a strange sound of surprise as the bottom of the poster flapped out at her. It seemed like the tape had come undone on the bottom due to her erratic movement.
"What the hell is this?!", Natalia demanded, swiping it away from her face.
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Arthur quickly grabbed the tape he had left in the room, and fixed the bottom. After he finished, he glanced at the girl. She looked slightly flustered, like she had been running for awhile. He felt his inner gentleman come to the surface.
"Are you alright?"
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"More importantly, have you seen my brother?", she asked.
But that was when she saw that.
"Are those love potions?!", the girl asked, pointing incredulously at some bottles with heart-shaped decorations around them. Not only that, she just had the feeling that they were something related to love.
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"Hmm?" he questioned, peeking into the room. "Oh, the one with the hearts?" Arthur straightened proudly. "Why, yes they are. I made them myself. Quite an eye you have," Arthur stated, a smile slowly coming over his face.
"Would you like a closer look?" he asked stepping into the room.
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Natalia stepped forward along with him before she said, "Yes.".
She had been slightly looked down upon on when her peers had found out that she had used love potions. They believed it to be for girls who were unable to acheive their love interest's attention by their own power.
They obviously didn't know just how desperate Natalia was. "Does it work?", she asked. Oh, how failure was her closest companion.
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"Of course it does. I made it myself, and I have been using magic for quite awhile now." He gently picked up the closest bottle and turned it, almost as if inspecting it. "Magic has been in my family for centuries, and I have the best spells and recipes for almost anything." After a slight pause, he ventured out.
"Love problems?" After realizing what he just said, Arthur's cheeks colored. That...was probably too blunt.
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But her face fell slightly as he asked his question. "...Yes.", Natalia admitted. It wasn't comfortable doing so for her, but it was the truth.
"And I don't understand why he just won't admit that we're perfect together, and marry me!", she explained.
"And everytime I try one of these,", Natalia picked up another bottle and shook it gently, "It always fails.", she frowned.
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"Well, while I think we are all a bit too young for marriage," he said, giving her a wary glance, "this potion will definitely work. I've witnessed it myself. And my grandparents have told me many times that I was best in the family at magic of any kind, so you can be certain that my potions are the best."
Maybe he was bragging too much. But that didn't really matter. It felt good to say he was the best.
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"How much are you selling these for?", Natalia asked. Hopefully, the asking price wouldn't be too much.
She was only given enough spending money to get by, and even then, it was quite a pathetic amount compared to probably most of the other students here.
Then again, that plane ticket from Russia to here wasn't all that cheap either. And since that was out of her own pocket, Natalia was a little reluctant to actually buy the love potion instead of high-tailing it out of there, effectively making her a petty thief.
And she didn't want to make a bad impression for her brother, so she had to do this the good and honest way.
But if the price was too high...well, she wasn't opposed to using her knives to 'bargain'.
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"I wouldn't be totally averse to giving it to you... If you joined my club." he gestured towards the sign. "This way we both win. I give you this," he waved the vial slowly in front of her, "and I get a much needed member for my club. What do you say?"
((...Don't ask me why he has them if he's not selling them. orz Bad planning. ;A;)
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But the solution he gave...
Natalia shifted her head towards the sign. Oh. So it said 'Black Magic Club'.
"Deal.", she said, grabbing the potion from, and cradling it her hands. If she was part of this 'club', then maybe she could attain more such items from this man.
"...what do I have to do, exactly?", Natalia asked. Or maybe, this was what she should have done before agreeing. Thing relating to her brother and the subject of love often drove her to do crazy and rash things.
Most of the time, she didn't regret them. But there were some ideas that didn't turn out so well.
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"You wouldn't be required to do much. I mostly just need someone to aid me when I make the potions. It's not too troublesome, but it is when there's only one person. Though, potions aren't the only things I'd need help with. I can also make voodoo dolls and things, but those take awhile to sew. It would be helpful to have an extra hand..." He paused for a moment before continuing. "That's not too difficult for you, is it?"
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Was that mockery?!
"It's no problem at all.", Natalia replied.
This would seriously cut into her finding-Ivan time, and her getting-Ivan-to-marry-me-time. Damn it. That actually sounded like a lot to do.
But he was challenging her. And it's not like she could back down from that! If Ivan were here, he would think she was weak! Actually...this might work out in her favor.
She might have just found something that Ivan might praise her for!
Having assured herself that this was a good idea, she crossed her arms in determination.
"I can do it."
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"Great. I could use your help right now, actually. I was unpacking my materials, and I could benefit from an extra hand. I'll take care of the potions and things. Can you please put those books in that box on the bookshelf over there? That's all that really needs to be done now. When you are done with that, you are free to take that," he pointed to the bottle still nestled in the girl's hands, "and you can be on your way to find your brother." He hoped that this would appease the girl, because she still looked quite wary of him. Though he couldn't blame her. She didn't even know his name.
"I'm Arthur Kirkland, by the way," he said as he moved to finish unpacking the vials, placing them gently on some shelves.
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"Natalia Arlovskaya.", she revealed her name as well, and moved toward the boxes. Pocketing the love potion, and exchanging it for a knife in her hand, she tore open the cardboard at the seam, and was met with some very strangely-titled books.
She began placing them on the shelves, but one title in particular caught her curiosity.
"Is Mysical Embroidery actually possible?", she asked, raising an eyebrow. The cover had a nice picture on it. It was some lacy design, and she had to admit that it was pretty.
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"Of course it is! If the Kirklands wrote a book on it, it can be done. My family, as I think I mentioned, is quite brilliant when it comes to magic." He looked over at the cover design and smiled. "It looks quite pretty, doesn't it? We could make it if you want..."
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