Date: January 6, 2005
Characters: Katie Bell, Cedric Diggory
Location: Exeter
Status: Private
Summary: Cedric owes Katie dinner, at least.
Completion: Complete
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As usual, Cedric was running a bit late to pick up Katie, so he arrived at 6:10 instead of 6 sharp. )
Cedric was almost too sentiminetal to be real, but she supposed there was some validity in wanting people to feel some belonging with the museum, rather than keep it as an impersonal place - where things were to be seen but not touched. "I'd say perhaps stick to the back wall of the building for the public painting if you want an area that doesn't matter," Katie added with a smile, "although having a group paint in an alleyway or something doesn't really get the sentiment you are going for ( ... )
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The Sorting Hat hadn't offered him Slytherin for no reason.
"And yes, I know what you mean about the issue of birth -- have to know the 'right sort' and all. Rather annoying, and I hope something that we can change in the new government, you know?"
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"But no," she continued, swallowing her first bite before she went on, "outside of a bit of talk about currency and vouchers, nothing was really discussed. And certainly nothing came from it. Not that I know what should have, but I was expecting a bunch of jockeying for position, or debate. But maybe everyone else was literally there to just watch like me."
"How about you? I was half expecting to see you get up and speak," Katie commented, cutting another piece of food.
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"And I suppose I expected either a lot of people mouthing off because it was a public platform to do so, or exactly what happened -- everybody waiting to see what his neighbor said first ... so nobody much said anything except those who felt as if it were expected of them.
"But if I'd really thought about it, I'd have predicted the latter. Too many people and -- unlike me -- most aren't inclined to stand up and address a crowd of a hundred or more. Also, the questions were so broad, I'm honestly not sure most of the listeners had any idea where to begin. Notice that they were far more willing to talk during announcements -- biting off smaller chunks ( ... )
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This was why she had expected him to get up and talk. Although he may have been limited by the time restrictions anyway ( ... )
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"But beyond that, I really have no expertise. And maybe I'm old fashioned, but yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing the galleon make a comeback eventually. I have no idea when, though, or how. That's the kind of planning I stink at." He grinned ( ... )
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Her comment about galleons had made him smile. "You'd be rich, eh? I'm not sure I'd be rich either way, but I agree we need something consistent. Still, it's only been a few months since the war's end. I try to tell myself now and then."
He stirred what remained of his dinner and grinned at the notion of a survey -- or Lockhart's taste in clothing. "I actually thought about going by his shop to get some new robes. I don't really wear them much -- sort of got out of the habit. But I really don't mind them ... sometimes. I wouldn't want to work in them. I much prefer Muggle clothes for that, but ... like a suit, I suppose. If we have another town ( ... )
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"This is a bit off-topic, but you should come visit the museum in Exeter sometime, where I work. Have you been into Exeter much?"
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"What did you go and see?"
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She wasn't going to go in to how she spent some time with the projectionist afterwards, a grizzled old man who was seemed willing to buy her story about living in the wilderness for many years, and never seeing a movie before. At least she had known that filming things was possible, otherwise she would have been completely flabbergasted.
"What's your favourite one?" Katie couldn't resist asking. She was sure there had to be at least hundreds out there from over the years.
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"As for Muggles living exciting lives, I reckon most of them have lives more like ours and less like the movies." He smiled.
"My favorite ... Heavens, I don't know. Spider-Man, I think."
He leaned over the table as an idea just occurred to him. "Katie, do you know what a DVD is? A DVD player? You might have one in your flat. It plays these shiny round disks called CDs ... and they're recordings of films. It's not nearly as exciting and overwhelming as the cinema mind, but you can watch a lot more of them at once."
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