Date: 9 June, 2005
Characters: Cedric Diggory, Bill Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood, Su Li, Lucius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Katie Bell, Caradoc Dearborn, Fleur Delacour, Ernie MacMillan, Horace Slughorn, Ollivander, Kenneth Towler .... [come one, come all]
Location: museum
Status: very public!
Summary: The museum is open!
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Approaching her, he grinned and held out a hand. "Hey there. Glad you could drop by. Come in and take a look around, although you saw some of this when we went after it."
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"I'll be back some other time to look around more thoroughly, but I wanted to stop by this morning to support the venture," she explained. "How are you? I'll not keep you if you've got business to attend to, of course. I'll just take a quick look around once I pay and then be out of your hair."
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He stepped back to let her pay Peggy, then ushered her in. "My only business today is meeting people, so no you're not keeping me. And it's not even too busy yet." He winked at her, knowing her dislike of crowds. "Then again, I doubt a museum is going to get quite the traffic that other places might.
"And as for me, I'm fine. A bit on edge, hoping everything goes well, but fine, really. It's been a lovely, quiet few weeks, even if busy getting this ready. There's good busy and bad busy, you know? What about you?" he asked as they moseyed among the ground floor displays. It was good to talk to her again for more than few minutes.
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After she paid the entry fee, she followed Cedric inside. "One reason I wanted to arrive early was to avoid a rush of people," she admitted. "It's far more enjoyable to be able to walk around with being surrounded by people."
"It'll go well. How could it not? It's organized, clean, and open for business," she pointed out. "There's very little chance of failure in a venture like this because, as you said, it's not something that will get heavy traffic, and it's mostly funded by outside sources versus revenue. Regardless, it'll be a success because there are people out there who know how important our past is and will want to appreciate it in such a setting."
"I've been fine. Busy, but that good sort of busy you mentioned."
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He glanced down at her. "Any special plans for the summer? Holidays or anything?" Abruptly he smiled. "Isn't it something to be talking about such mundane things as holidays? Lately, it's really starting to feel as if this place is recovering, you know? Not just surviving, but recovering. Businesses opening all the time, the Minister's news last night about the goblins possibly bringing back a bank in the future."
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She shook her head. "No plans for the summer. I rarely plan more than a week or two ahead, though, so that's little surprise," she told him. "I think there might be a weekend away at some point, but nothing's planned."
"It is nice, though I hope that people aren't just moving on without remembering the past and remaining somewhat cautious," she said with a slight frown. "It's wonderful that there are advances in recovery and there's rebuilding, of course. I just worry that people, as a whole, will find it easier to focus on the now without thinking about how things were, even before the war. That sort of thinking can be dangerous, as look where we ended up after the first Voldemort war by having that 'it's over so no more thoughts of it' attitude."
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"I'll be sure to look at that exhibit," she promised. "Remembering will allow us to progress and hopefully not make the same mistakes. I don't see how that could be morbid at all."
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Smiling, he released her hand, nodded, and then headed back towards the front doors.
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