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Post by Madame Minka Davinmir on Oct 31, 2007 20:19:24 GMT -5
Madame Minka weaved her way through the hustle and bustle of new students shopping for school supplies in Daigon Alley. She deliberately avoided those who she recognized as Hogwarts staff and was careful not to make eye contact with anyone. She walked with a brisk pace, even though she was horribly lost.
Despite her best efforts to blend into the crowd, she looked like a tourist. Her clothes were distinctively traditionally Romanian: a cotton long-sleeved embroidered peasant shirt pulled over a long ruffled skirt tied at the waist with a silk scarf, underneath, knee high laced soft kid-skin boots. Her salt and pepper hair was pulled away from her face with another silk scarf. She jingled as she walked, her many bangles and necklaces clinked together.
She stopped momentarily and looked up at a street sign and then darted into Knockturn Alley.
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Post by Claire Walsh on Dec 1, 2007 11:58:05 GMT -5
Claire walked along the streats of Knockturn alley, she had no reason in particular to be there, just wanted to go for a walk around. She bumped into a woman wearing old romanian clothes, ''Watch where you're going lady'' she said rather rudley. She looked the woman in the face, she recognised her as a professor, and the Puffys head. ''Hey what're you doing here'' she asked. ''You look a bit lost'' she commented.
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Post by Madame Minka Davinmir on Dec 1, 2007 15:09:43 GMT -5
Minka scoured at the young woman who ran into her. "You should be morre rezpectful to your elders younkling. Especially ones you do not know." A little red furred creature poked his head out of her cloth satchel at her side, and hissed at the young student. "A fi linişte, Ekkehart!" she batted the creature across it's nose with her index finger and was quickly quieted. The animal still looked at Claire with it's beady little black eyes.
Minka looked the student up and down and stared directly into her eyes, recognizing her as a student. "Ja, I'm lost... I am looking for a tavern... The Black Kettle... I wouldn't think you'd know vher zat iz-"
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Post by Claire Walsh on Dec 2, 2007 16:58:18 GMT -5
Claire cocked an eyebrow, ''I might do'' she said then said, ''I thought you were a divination proffessor, can't you use your inner eye thing to see where it is?'' said Claire, her tone rather flat.
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Post by Madame Minka Davinmir on Dec 2, 2007 20:20:20 GMT -5
"Divination doez not vork like that. You cannot predickt directionz." She hissed her answer back, clearly insulted by the student. "You've got quite the nerve talking to your superiorz like that... I don't understand vhy you Slytherins must alvays be rude. If you knew what waz good for you, you'd learn some respect. Believe me, you don't want to be on my bad side. Now if you aren't going to be of any help, I zuggest you run along."
She waved a hand at the student, shooing her way. The red marten bore its teeth, making a low grumbling noise as if it's sensed it's master's displeasure.
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Post by Claire Walsh on Dec 3, 2007 15:28:10 GMT -5
Claire smirked at her comments, ''Slytherins are not rude, they are simply honest and straight out'' she said, ''I don't believe that I should give manners to those who support the notion of mudbloods being allowed to go to school, and seeing as your the head of huffelpuff I would say you think they have a right to go to school, am I right?'' she said grinning. ''Oh and no I don't know where that Black kettle place is'' she added, getting back to the point of the subject.
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Post by Madame Minka Davinmir on Dec 3, 2007 17:37:19 GMT -5
"No, you couldn't be morre verong. I'm not even Hufflepuff, I'm just head of house. Itz just a job. I went to Durmstrag. They only akcept pure bloods there. Shows vhat you know and ja, you are rude- You can say za truth, but itz usually akkompanied by tact." Minka shook her head and began to walk off, the marten still spitting and bearing it's teeth at the student.
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Post by Claire Walsh on Dec 3, 2007 17:43:11 GMT -5
Claire rose her eyebrows in surprise, ''Awesome you went to Durmstrang? I wish I went there.. . her voice was notibley more respectful towards the woman now. ''Sorry about.. .. .well being rude, I just supposed that since you were head of the Huffies you'd be all for the muggleborns'' she said, truly meaning her apoligie.
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Post by Madame Minka Davinmir on Dec 4, 2007 15:56:13 GMT -5
She stopped and turned. "I did. I hope you've learned that appearances aren't everything...Apology accepted." She looked down at the weasel-like animal and glared. It was quickly quieted and it shimmied it's way back into the satchel, presumably to continue napping before it was bumped into. "Now I have something to ask of you: what are -you- doing in Knockturn Alley?" Her question was sincere and not meant to be insulting.
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Post by Claire Walsh on Dec 4, 2007 16:57:35 GMT -5
Claire rubbed the back of her neck as she did when she thought she was getting in trouble, ''I er. . . I took a wrong turn'' she said, lowerng her hand from her neck.
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Post by Madame Minka Davinmir on Dec 6, 2007 12:38:20 GMT -5
"Ah, I see- This alley doesn't seem like the sort of place for children. Daigon alley is back that way." She pointed down at the end of the lane... "I can't imagine why students would want to come this way- It's mostly taverns from what I can tell- and shops that sell things that aren't on your supplies list-"
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Post by Claire Walsh on Dec 6, 2007 16:32:33 GMT -5
Claire cringed at the word 'children' she had grown out of child-hood years ago, ''Oh right, well I had better get going'' said Claire, ''See you in Hogwarts'' she added then walked back into Diagon Alley.
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Post by Madame Minka Davinmir on Dec 6, 2007 21:20:58 GMT -5
[pink][oops I forgot she was a 7th year...][/pink]
[yellow]"Well goodbye then."[/yellow] Minka wondered down Knockturn, looking up at the shop and tavern signs as she went, eventually ducking into a strange store to possibly ask for directions.
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