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[hexuality]

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Welcome to the City, and to Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes!

[Look, it's the youngest Weasley in question, filming a post to the network from behind the counter at her brothers' joke shop. The place itself is absolutely bustling with people and noise (chatter, whizzing, bangs, flashes!) and Ginny herself looks a little tousled but beaming. She has to raise her voice a bit to be heard.]

Looks like the weekend brought the visitors with it, so we're having a special until everyone goes home! Maybe that's three days from now, maybe it's tomorrow! Wouldn't you hate to miss this lot?

[The camera wheels around to show the shop, the shelves, the colourful magical products, then back to her.]

So come find us! And if you ask us how Babbitty Rabbitty's Cackling Stump is doing, you'll get 10% off one item of your choice! And if you're family—or from home at all—you'll just have to outright bribe me for a discount. [Wink. That means you, brothers, she knows you're out there.] We hope to see you here!

[And with a flourish of her wand and a shower of indoor fireworks later, rousing applause and appreciation from the patrons, the feed ends.]



[ooc; FOURTH WALL! HAVE AT HER. Just no doubles, no telling her she's from a book, and no future spoilers beyond the Final Battle (though if it happens, she'll conveniently forget once it's all over). Feel free to threadjack, too! HAVE FUN AND BACKDATE FOREVER! ♥

Ginny will be at the joke shop, at Passioné, and out and about in the City once shop hours are over. Come troll her on the network or in person!]

Comments

[mapmaker]

[ He glances around the shop, amusement written across his face. ]

I'm not very good with parties. This though? I can work with this.

[hexuality]

Well, isn't this sort of thing your specialty?

[mapmaker]

Are we infamous, Miss Weasley?

[hexuality]

My brothers found your map, Mr Lupin.

[That's the nice thing with the City and with ending the war: questions get answered.]

[mapmaker]

We did want it to be a legacy.

[ He grins and it transforms him immediately. Remus Lupin: Actual Marauder. ] Did they find much use for it?

[hexuality]

Are you joking? They owe you lot everything, I think!

[And Harry got it, in the end. She thinks that's something they'd like to hear if it wasn't such a complicated thing—why didn't James give it to him in person? She doesn't want to get into that. What Ginny doesn't know is that her future son, James Potter the Second, will also steal that map.

A legacy, indeed.]

[mapmaker]

I think it's one of the best things we've ever been able to do. [ The first is his three friends learning to transform into animagus. He'll never be done thanking them for that. ]

[hexuality]

It's some of the best charmwork I've ever seen, honestly.

[Then - ]

We really look up to you lot. More than you know.

[mapmaker]

To a bunch of unruly pranksters? Don't let Sirius hear that. It'll go to his head.

[hexuality]

[More than pranksters, in the end.]

He doesn't need my help to fluff up that ego of his, I'm sure.

[mapmaker]

Oh, so you've met him too? [ A wide smile. ] I'm so sorry for whatever he's done.

[hexuality]

Oh, please. He's brilliant. And I'm in the middle of a joke shop, for Merlin's sake—what else can he do? It's already mad in here.

[mapmaker]

Believe me, Sirius could try.

[hexuality]

I believe you, Remus. But I know how to handle people like Sirius, I grew up with two of him.

[mapmaker]

[ Someone sets off an indoor firework and Remus twists to watch it, a smile ghosting his mouth. ]

If he makes off with half your stock, send me an owl. I'll try to retrieve it before we leave.

[hexuality]

You say that like it'll be easy to make off with half my stock. I'll watch out, trust me.

[mapmaker]

[ He might have James' cloak! ]

Oh, I do.

[hexuality]

[She grins up at him then sweeps an arm out to the shop at large, turning him round to face it all.]

So help yourself, take a look around. Put some wet-start fireworks in Sirius' shower.

[mapmaker]

[ He laughs at that. ]

And start World War III, Miss Weasley you're a bad influence. Just like Arthur.

[hexuality]

My dad, a bad influence? You're taking the piss.

[mapmaker]

He's calmed down a bit now. He's sweet on a girl from our year. [ A smile. ]

But I think James was a little bit in love with him for a bit.

[hexuality]

[She laughs, shaking her head.]

Is it Molly?

[mapmaker]

Yes, how did you - ? [ But she has the same features and that's all it takes for him to really smile. ]

Good for them, that's brilliant.

[hexuality]

[She grins, sticking out a hand to shake his.]

Ginevra Molly Weasley. It's a pleasure.

[mapmaker]

[ Practically beaming. ]

I'm so pleased. We all hoped they'd get together eventually.