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hlockhart_lapi December 17 2011, 12:15:15 UTC
Harry's still trying to get used to this place. He was trying to find this lake he'd heard about (he's curious about the squid), and apparently took a wrong turn somewhere near the library.

The fact that there's a gym in the bar (or a library) is a little startling, and he feels compelled to look around.

Unfortunately, he's not really paying attention to what's around him. That rack of weights that goes crashing to the ground is entirely accidental.

"Fuck! Sorry! Fuck! Ow!"

He's got it!

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gothamsheiress December 17 2011, 16:11:49 UTC
Bryce whirls, startled and on the alert. Once she determines that there's no immediate attack coming, though, she straightens, wiping sweat off her forehead.

"You okay?"

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hlockhart_lapi December 17 2011, 16:16:55 UTC
The voice startles Harry, causing him to drop one of the weights he was otherwise trying to put back in its place.

"Yeah, sorry. It didn't look like anyone was using these, so I thought I'd, you know. Make a big mess. How are you?"

Hey, at least he's trying to put everything back where it belongs.

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gothamsheiress December 17 2011, 19:13:24 UTC
"Careful with those -- you'll hurt yourself if you keep throwing them around like that. Want a hand?"

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hlockhart_lapi December 17 2011, 20:51:20 UTC
He manages to get several of the smaller weights back up on the rack.

"I've already got two, but I wouldn't mind a little help," Harry says easily.

Speaking of hands, Bryce may notice that Harry's missing most of the ring finger on his left hand. He also looks a bit like he's just rolled out of bed, but that's somewhat normal for him.

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gothamsheiress December 17 2011, 20:56:47 UTC
She chuckles and heads over, flexing her fingers.

"Well, I'm always happy to help. Can you get that one? I think it goes on the bottom here."

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hlockhart_lapi December 17 2011, 20:59:46 UTC
"I don't know. Let's see."

He manages, but only just. He is a bit small and scrawny, in that stray dog sort of way.

"At the risk of sounding like a lame come-on, do you come here often?" he asks.

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gothamsheiress December 17 2011, 21:03:38 UTC
He's . . . kind of adorable.

"What, to the bar or the gym?" she asks with a laugh, hauling another weight up onto the rack.

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hlockhart_lapi December 17 2011, 21:08:21 UTC
Oh, god. Don't let him hear you say that. It'll go straight to his head. Harry tries not to be embarrassed at the fact that she's able to handle the heavier weights better than he is.

It's totally because he's still going through physio, though. At least, that's the excuse he keeps telling himself.

"Well, I was thinking the gym, but the bar works too. Whichever. I was trying to find the lake, but I seem to have got a bit lost. Unless the gym inside the bar also has a lake inside it."

It wouldn't surprise him, actually.

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gothamsheiress December 17 2011, 21:15:40 UTC
"I don't know -- not so often I count as a regular yet, I think. Isn't the lake out behind the bar?"

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hlockhart_lapi December 17 2011, 21:18:38 UTC
"Oh. Is it?" It certainly sounds like it's news to him. "I just heard that there's a squid in it that eats toast. I was kinda curious about it."

He's starting to run out of the smaller weights. This could get embarrassing quickly.

"I only been coming here a few weeks, though. To the bar. I didn't even know it had a gym. Or a library. Who puts a library in a bar?"

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gothamsheiress December 17 2011, 21:21:44 UTC
"--There's a squid in the lake?"

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hlockhart_lapi December 17 2011, 21:24:00 UTC
"Yeah. It likes toast." Harry shrugs. "That's what this other guy I know said, anyway."

Although, knowing him, Harry fully realises that the whole story about the squid could be complete bullshit. It is something he'd make up, after all.

This is the problem with having conversations with yourself, apparently.

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gothamsheiress December 17 2011, 21:55:58 UTC
"Just when I thought this place couldn't get weirder."

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hlockhart_lapi December 17 2011, 22:02:45 UTC
"Yeah, I know right?" asks Harry. "I mean, I should have known something was up with this place when I found it in my boss' closet, but you know. Figured I'd give it the benefit of the doubt."

Basically, fucking Milliways.

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gothamsheiress December 17 2011, 22:09:08 UTC
". . . You figured you'd give the magical bar in your boss' closet the benefit of the doubt," she repeats, just to make sure she's got it right.

"You must be very broad-minded."

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