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RP: Dinner in Exeter

Jan 06, 2007 15:46

Date: January 6, 2005
Characters: Katie Bell, Cedric Diggory
Location: Exeter
Status: Private
Summary: Cedric owes Katie dinner, at least.
Completion: Complete

( As usual, Cedric was running a bit late to pick up Katie, so he arrived at 6:10 instead of 6 sharp. )

january 2005, katie bell, place: private residence, cedric diggory, place: exeter

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shh_cedric January 8 2007, 02:59:59 UTC

He laughed about McGonagall. "I'm sure she can take me, wheelchair or no. She was my favorite teacher back at school, even if she wasn't my Head of House. I went to visit her not long after I got here, talked to her a little about some of my ideas -- just to make sure somebody older than me didn't think I was completely off my rocker, you know? She didn't seem to think so."

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 meeting, maybe I'll wear some. Might be a good idea, if I start throwing out 'newfangled' ideas." He grinned. "I told you I was manipulative. Look old fashioned and respectable while you offer something completely new."

shh_katie January 8 2007, 03:13:20 UTC

"She was one of mine as well," Katie admitted, "but I had the benefit of her being my head of house - and I'd never met someone older with a mutual love of Quidditch like her."

"I suppose change and permanence isn't going to happen right away," she agreed, taking a moment to sip at her water. While the dinner she had chosen had spice, it certainly wasn't to a feverish level. "It always feels like it's been longer since the end of the war. I think it's just because we've all settled into a routine being here, and it was a fresh start."

"Some of my clothes have muggle influence," Katie admitted; although jeans were fairly consistent between the cultures nowadays, "but not all. I still wear my cloak most of the time, and I'm rarely dressed up enough to wear robes, not that I have many left." Although, it had been far too long since she had bought something, well, relatively pretty. Nearly all the clothes she had left were more....practical. "But," she continued, "any desire I have for reform doesn't really stretch into the clothing arena. Unless whatever government we form bans jeans - then I may have a few words to say at a town meeting."

shh_cedric January 8 2007, 03:21:37 UTC

"Merlin, they'd better not ban jeans. That would eliminate half my wardrobe. And yes, it's funny how we've managed to form routines even after a couple of months. Human beings are creatures of habit, I reckon. We're more like cats, in that. Although I guess we're like dogs in being pack animals." He shrugged. Cats-and-dogs analysis of human culture was an odd philosophical direction.

"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?"

shh_katie January 8 2007, 03:35:35 UTC

Katie wasn't sure how much she liked humans being compared to cats and dogs, but she supposed it was appropriate. At least he hadn't compared them to rats - infesting empty buildings.

"I wouldn't mind seeing the museum," she replied with a smile, "although you may have to make sure you have the time to show me around - I don't think the normal tour guides would realize exactly how much extra questions I would have about things."

She hesitated, thinking about her last trip into town. "Not counting tonight? I've been there quite a bit actually, at least recently. There's this little out of the way bookstore I've been going to often, much to the manager's amusement, and I run a few errands as well - like visiting the grocery store there occasionally."

"I actually had an interesting experience a few days ago," Katie continued, not letting the excitement bubble up like it wanted to. She was still in awe of the movie theater she had visited, "It's a long story, but I ended up at the Exeter Picturehouse. It was a novel experience for me - I'd never been in a movie theater before." She knew she was blatantly understating things, but it wasn't like she was going to babble on the wonders of muggle technology and the amazing taste of popcorn - Cedric was likely all too familiar with that.

"I imagine you've been in them before," Katie added, embarassed. "Well, no doubt you have. Are they always so....I don't know, overwhelming? I got completely caught up in the picture I was seeing It all seemed so, I don't know, real up there on the screen like that."

shh_cedric January 8 2007, 03:57:02 UTC

Katie's enthusiasm for the cinema was charming. "Yeah, I've been in them -- and yeah, I know what you mean. I hadn't been to one until a few years ago, relatively, and it was a science fiction film complete with spaceships and other special effects. I was ... pretty overwhelmed. Loved it, though.

"What did you go and see?"

shh_katie January 8 2007, 04:25:00 UTC

"I saw two actually," Katie admitted, still ashamed she had spent the obscene price twice. But once she had seen the first, she couldn't resist. "The Notebook, and the Bourne Supremacy - if you've ever heard of them. It just seemed so real, seeing the people up there on the screen, like you were a part of it. And the stories - they were so fascinating. Muggle certainly lead exciting lives."

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.

shh_cedric January 8 2007, 04:41:25 UTC

"I saw the Bourne Supremacy, yeah. The other ... well, it's sort of a chick flick." He smiled. "That's what a movie is called that's usually a love story that the marketeers assume will appeal to a largely female audience. Or a 'date movie,' they're sometimes called. To be honest, I actually don't mind some of them -- chick flick or not. Although I'd have my boy's club card revoked if I admitted as much to some men I know." He chuckled. "But I haven't seen The Notebook, no.

"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."

shh_katie January 8 2007, 04:48:30 UTC

Well, she had no idea about Spider-man, not that she expected too. Maybe it would be playing in Exeter sometimes.

She could see why the Notebook would be called one of those "chick flicks". Katie was sure if she took George to see it with her he would roll his eyes throughout the entire thing, although he did seem to be a bit of a sentimentalist (if that was even a word) at heart.

"Is that the same thing as a VCR?" she asked curiously, "although I don't remember any shiney discs being involved. I watched movies on a television with friends of mine before - although to be honest, I can't even remember what we saw - I was too busy being fascinated by the technology. It took some explaining for me to get the concept of filming people, not them being in the tv, although I'm still not sure that I'm certain of how it works."

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