Well, when I'm wembling west...

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WHO: /Ruka, Tonks, Andromeda Tonks, Lily Potter, Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley, and Hermione Granger.
WHERE: a large, popular department store in the City
WHEN: Sunday, August 21st 2011
WARNINGS: Hideous outfits may pop up! Polyvore may become a timesink. Don't worry about the ladies though, Ruka is there to chaperon them.
SUMMARY: They've had over a week of relative quiet in the City. It's time to go shopping and then lunch.
FORMAT: Quick to start, then whatever. There is no posting order, multi-threads are encouraged.

Invitations had been sent out, either by text or by verbal invitation. Originally, it was just supposed to be Tonks, Ruka and Lily Potter but then others had arrived. It didn't feel right to Tonks that they be left out, so they'd been invited too.

The more the merrier, right?

Tonks looks up at the large, multi-level department store. It's big, gigantic even. Everyone is bound to find something they like, she thinks.

She's standing by one of the entrances. All that she has left to do now is wait for everyone to arrive. Tonks is easy to spot, her hair is a vivid shade of vermilion.

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[dragony]

Next to that, sea foam green is practically mundane. Of course, her impression of a wallflower would not be complete without lingering near walls; a task at which Ruka excels. Like usual, her sleeves come down to the wrists, and gloves cover hands and fingers, so her arms remain completely covered. Probably a good idea, for how high-cranked the AC is.

She's not very talkative on good days, so her practically perpetual dour mood which will just make her the most engaging shopping accompaniment ever.

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Luna is quietly sitting outside the entrance, in a long skirt with her hair pulled back by a bunny-themed hair-tie (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=35975905), too engrossed in her very important people watching to notice who has (or hasn't) arrived yet.

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"Listen, Ruka, if any any moment you want to go home, just say the word and I'll take you." While Tonks has something in mind for Ruka and while she thinks it will be good for her to get out, the last thing Tonks wants to do is make her feel worse.

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"Luna!" Tonks waves her over. She needs to introduce her to Ruka or at least find out first if they know each other.

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“Tonks?” She looks away from the sight of an oddly-dressed man trying to chat up a confused young lady to turn to her friend. Her face breaking out into a big grin, she starts jogging up to the older woman and her companion.

“Am I late? Sorry about that, I really should get a Remeberall, I’m always forgetting times...”

L-Late

[batbogeyed]

Ginny had some trouble finding the place. New York is just absolutely massive, if she's honest, and it's not like she can go everywhere by broomstick.

And then she has to spend a few minutes just staring at the size of this place full of shops. It's like Diagon Alley squared. Except not magical, but still, it's fairly impressive. Luckily enough, so is the shade of Tonks' hair, and Ginny spots her fairly quickly.

"Tonks!" She flashes a grin as she runs up beside her, holding her little phone device thing. "I got your wordy things. Take it this is the right place, then. It's amazing."

[batbogeyed]

Ginny hasn't met Tonks' companion yet, but given that they're all going shopping together, she thinks it's about high time she did.

"Hello! Listen, I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Ginny Weasley."

[dragony]

Ruka gives Tonks a curious look, trying not to bristle at the implicit coddling. "I'll be fine," is what she says, placation in her tone. It takes effort to smile, but it appears natural once it blooms on her face. "You don't have to worry about me."

[dragony]

"It's nice to meet you." Her voice is mature in pitch for her apparent age (thirteen, fourteen? Somewhere in there, it seems), the words spoken clearly. Her hands, gloved, are folded behind her back, and she gives Ginny a polite bow of the head in greeting. "I'm Ruka."

The surname is conspicuously absent.

[batbogeyed]

Ginny noted the lack of surname, but decided it would be rude to pursue that line of questioning. She smiled.

"It's nice to meet you too. I haven't been here for very long, but I'm from the same world as Tonks."

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Tonks may not have to worry about Ruka. She's going to anyway. "Alright then."

No such thing bb!

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Tonks waves, "It occurs to me Ginny that I missed your birthday. What's say I get you something scandalous while we're inside?" Ginny is free to interpret scandalous in anyway that she wants.

Re: No such thing bb!

[batbogeyed]

"You missed my..." Ginny trails away, thinking over the ramifications of this. "You're joking! That means I missed it too!"

Well, that was a turn up. Her birthday had been two months away when she left home, and now it was over. She shook her head.

"Hmm. Scandalous, that'd set the cat amongst the pigeons. I'm living with Fred and George and Ron's around pretending he's the same age as dad."

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"No, you're not late. Not everyone's here yet anyway." Tonks looks over at Ruka and then back to Luna. "Have you met Ruka yet?"

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"Don't worry Ginny, I missed mine too. Well, I skipped over it entirely so I'm just going to spend an extra year being twenty-two." Yeah. Besides, she'd rather no think about how old the current year would actually make her.

"Yeah, scandalous. I was thinking of a maybe a skirt that hits at your calves. You should expose your ankles more Ginny. You're young."

[batbogeyed]

Ginny raises her eyebrows. "You should've seen what I wore to the wedding." She pauses. "Actually, never mind, you will see that eventually. My aunt nearly had a fit, it was hilarious."

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Tonks is going to completely disregard Ginny's comment about her seeing her dress eventually. It's not personal. She's still not at a place where she wants to talk about it. "Those are the best kind of dresses, they really are."

[batbogeyed]

Ginny means Bill's wedding! It wouldn't occur to her to think Tonks might think of...a different one.

"I was quite fond. No point in family gatherings if you can't scandalise the relatives."

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"I like the way you think Ginny!"

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She looked at Tonks and then towards the stranger with the seafoam green hair. "Not face to face, although I'd love to."

She smiled. "Shall we?"

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(( OOC: If you like! ))

"Yeah, come on." And so Tonks leads Luna over to Ruka for introductions.

And sometime later...

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Tonks picks up a pair of dark purple pumps. The heels are very high. She eyes it with great curiosity. "How does anyone walk in these? It looks more like a weapon than a shoe."

[batbogeyed]

Ginny grins and casts her eyes around the mall again.

“Standard procedure in a family as big as mine. Oh this place is huge, Tonks. Where do we even start?”

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Tonks looks back as well. "I don't know. I just need a pair of flip-flops and jimjams. I'm not sure where do start. D'you need anything?"

[batbogeyed]

“I suppose I need more Muggle clothes. I had my trunk with me, but it’s the one I had at –“ Ginny suddenly stops, remembering that saying ‘at Muriel’s’ won’t make any sense to this younger version of Tonks. “Erm, at my aunt’s. I was staying there for a while and I didn’t have an awful lot with me.” Which meant that she’d had to pack in a hurry, and it had been roughly half Muggle clothes and half robes, the latter of which would be a bit conspicuous in a place like this.