Merry Manipulation (Remus)

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Valentyna cared about one thing when it came to Christmas time, and that one thing damn sure wasn't family or gift-giving. It was the fact that the youths from Hogwarts were back and at her shop, making her money. For much of the school year, she had to rely on the eighteen and olders who thought they were cool for buying her alternative attire for her income. But when the Hogwarts's brats were around, she really cashed in.

Ringing up a few, she smirked at them.

"Remember what this time of year is really all about," she said to them. "Hit your mums and dads up for as much money and stuff that they can give you, and don't forget about the After Christmas Sale." The sale was a rip-off, but many of the young were stupid enough to believe otherwise and she wasn't going to give anything away.

"Happy Christmas, Miss Val," said the students.

"Yeah, yeah, go get fat off cookies and cakes," she said, smiling as she mockingly shooed them away. As they left, she turned to her weasel Snitch and smiled before counting her galleons.

REMUS DEREK LANCASTER

[REMUS DEREK LANCASTER]

Remus walked as the other students walked out of the shop, that he was looking at. He was standing a couple building away and on the opposite side of the street. He hadn't really have anything planned that day. He decide to to explore the stores in diagon alley.

walking through the door of the shop,that he saw the students coming out of it, Remus was quiet as he looked around. He had one of his hands in the pocket on his jeans and the other just hung at his side. Remus was quiet in the shop. He was quiet most of the time no matter where he was. He wasn't really much a talker. He was more of a thinker. He could sometimes get wrapped up in a thought for a long time. He sometimes over thinks thing, even though he doesn't mean to.

At the moment, He was simi wrapped in his thoughts as he looked through the shop.He stopped when he saw someone in the shop counting money and assumed that it was the owner. He went back to looking at what was in the shop.

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Val stopped counting her galleons when the bell of the door rang again, indicating someone was entering. She looked up and saw the young and handsome boy. His look and demeanor told her quickly that he either was or was once a Slytherin, depending on how old he was. He looked around seventeen or eighteen. She did enjoy speaking with the Slytherin boys around that age. As a member of the Black Army, she felt they had potential, even the ones who didn't seem all that dark. But even if he wasn't dark at heart, it didn't heart to make conversation.

She walked over and leaned on one of the clothes racks.

"Good afternoon," she said. "Welcome to the Devil's Flair. I'm Valentyna, but you can call me Val. Looking for something for yourself or do you have a special someone who's begging you for a Christmas present? If so, we have some lovely and unique jewelry... some of it rumored to be enchanted..." She then leaned forward. "Even cursed."

REMUS DEREK LANCASTER

[REMUS DEREK LANCASTER]

Remus looked over at the woman,when she spoke to him. he said"good afternoon to you as well. I'm Remus" He looked around at everything in the store then back at the woman named Val and said" No one i know is asking or begging for a gift, thankfully."He didn't really know that many people . so he didn't have to give gifts very often.

He shrugged a bit and said" i just saw people coming out of here and decided to check it out. He was curious and intrigued by the idea of possibly cursed jewelry. things like this made him curious and want to learn more. he wasn't wanting to learn purely for knowledge sake but he did like learn a lot. He often tried to use what he could to his advantage. He mind worked like that sometimes.

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Val gave a mock pout when the young man known as Remus said he wasn't buying a gift for anyone.

"Awww, that's a shame, Remus," she said. "Such a handsome boy like you without someone special, and no doubt a Slytherin I'll wager." She drew closer to him. "Well then, let's look for something that's up your alley." She then whispered in his ear. "See anything you like?"

This was idle flirtation of course. Val wasn't trying to pick the boy up. Seventeen or eighteen was a bit young for her. Still, it wouldn't hurt to earn some brownie points for the Black Army by possibly recruiting another impressionable young mind. And for her, the best way to do that was to get the boy to fancy her.

"Well check the shop out as long as you like, darling," she said when he spoke of his purpose of being there. She stepped away just a bit. "It does my shop well to have such a handsome young man as yourself walking about it.

REMUS DEREK LANCASTER