Muggle Distractions (Ceci)

[Zeneka Valiente]

Zen wasn’t one to dwell on things under normal circumstances, but these weren’t exactly normal circumstances…. She was worried about Kite and why he wouldn’t remember her. The fact that he’d blown up at her before… whatever had happened didn’t matter to her, she just wanted him back to normal. She sighed as she reached one of the mall entrances, pausing briefly at the doors before entering. Perhaps she could distract herself here for a while. Not that she really had any money to buy much, but window shopping could be fun too.

She hummed softly to herself as she was drawn to one of the many jewelry stores. Wearing holey blue jeans and a white tank top, not to mention her tattoos, she figured she must look rather unappealing to the more finely dressed jewelry saleswoman behind the counter who was now eyeing her distastefully. She simply gave the woman a friendly smile and continued looking, wholly unaffected by her suspicious glare. She sighed dreamily, looking at the big engagement rings, wondering if she would like to get married or not. No matter what her thought on that particular subject, they sure were pretty.

Soon enough she moved on, much to the saleswoman’s relief, still humming to herself. She stood outside the next store, the window lined with dresses of a price that would buy her family food for a month. She shook her head at the craziness. Some girls inside the store glanced at her and giggled about something, looking back over their ridiculously overpriced dresses. She only rolled her eyes and turned away, wondering where she should go next. The book store was at the other end of the mall… but there was a pet store somewhere close by here. She could go see the rats, that would make her feel better. She started toward the general vicinity of the pet store, quite intent on finding some rats to help take her mind off of the more unpleasant thoughts.

[Cecillia Luna Orchidal]

If Cecillia Orchidal could go through one day without feeling the urge to fly out of the castle, it would have been a miracle. She was hoping that day would be today. Although, as hard as she seemed to try, her boredom was always over-powering whatever she was thinking. But she'd chosen the outside of the castle as a way to inflict her boredom upon. And it had a reason. Watching the clouds slowly move above her always made her feel relaxed and calm. Lying down on the grassy lawn added that part. That would look weird and besides that, it had a wonderful fragrance in the air. She was standing a bit off to the side of one of the bridges, toes in the water and a small ball of water flowing out of her hands. She cupped another ball in her hands, watching the transparent water fall out.

It made her realize something. Staring at water fall in and out of her hands all day would waste around five hours of her time, when she could be hanging around the castle. In fact, that did sound somewhat like the exact same thing that she was doing. Nothing. She wasn’t a Quidditch player. And last time she checked, there was no homework for her to do. Seeing as she didn’t take a lot of classes, it was very obvious. She didn’t think that Legillimency had homework, actually.

She stepped out of the water, drying herself quickly. As her dark locks of hair fell behind her, the sun seemed to take care of the rest. Strangely, half an hour later, she found herself outside a Muggle mall. Now, normally, she didn’t imagine herself there. But her boredom made her go inside. Muggles here, Muggles there, maybe add a few dogs and cats around the area. Wearing a loose black shirt which was barely seen under a bright red turtleneck, she blended in with the crowd quite easily. She looked all around. Though it wasn’t her first time in a muggle mall, everything seemed to different and unfamiliar to her. Maybe it must have been the years of using Floo Powder and wands.

She walked towards a shop that seemed to catch her eye. Though it wasn’t so very obvious, it wasn’t exactly the shop that was brought to her attention. More of, it was a certain person who did. Someone she had seen at Hogwarts. She sprinted to the jewelry store, avoiding a crowd of people whom she nearly collided into. Finally reaching the store, she stood beside the person, nudging her lightly to acknowledge her presence. She didn’t really know the girl well, but at least she had someone to talk to.