new clothes {open}

[potter]

Elliot, in making her very slow, though steady, progress had found that her muggle clothes weren't fitting too well. Sure, she could have simply charmed the clothes she did have to fit, but it had been so very long since she had done anything fun for herself, so she had decided to go shopping. She now stood, alone and slightly overwhelmed, in the middle of a muggle clothing store, unsure of where to go first. Jeans perhaps? Granted, it was April and the weather was getting to be quite pleasant, though it still got a little chilly at night... Jeans it was. She frowned a bit at the rack, unsure of which size she ought to go for. The pair she had which no longer fit were American-made size 0...

"So that would make those a two here, next size up a four," Elliot muttered to herself, selecting a pair of dark, slim-fitting jeans in a four, her throat tightening slightly. It was daunting, going up in sizes when she had worked so hard and so long to go down in them. No, this is healthy, Elliot mentally told herself as she draped the jeans over her arm as she returned to scouring the racks for different styles in the same size. Perhaps she should have invited a friend to come with her, Elliot for once was actually craving company.

Elliot turned her head when the door opened, though she knew it was fairly unlikely for her to run into anyone she knew here of all places. She felt herself smiling slightly when she recognized the familiar face of...

[nixnight]

Nix sat outside some of the shops in london and found herself bored very fast, her wand was tucked in her her pocket and she longed to take it out and flick it in her fingers but she couldn't of course. Minx was sitting beside her and had followed her from the house in hogsmead all day, even after she had told her to go home a fair few times.

She rolled her eyes before looking down at her shoes and remembering why she had come in, she needed new converse for school. So she wandered through the streets until she found a semi decent looking clothes shop with out the normal 200 girls inside it and the black shoes she was looking for. She opened the door and walked past the few people in the shop started looking at the shoes on the rack at the back of the shop before hearing someone complain behind her and she turned to see a face she seemed to know but could place very well

[potter]

"Erm, hello," Elliot said awkwardly to the slightly familiar face near her. The girl was redheaded, Elliot had almost at first mistaken her for a Weasley cousin, though a closer look had told her that it was definitely not the case. She would have been able to come up with a name straightaway if the girl were a cousin, anyway. Perhaps Elliot had seen her in school, they obviously couldn't have been in the same year- the girl looked maybe seventeen at the oldest, and that was if she was being generous with her estimate. She adjusted the jeans so they draped more comfortably over her arm, wondering what would happen next.

Elliot figured that it could turn out one of two ways, they might start talking after eventually vaguely recognizing one another, or th entire thing could turn incredibly awkward. She began absently flipping through a rack of dresses that she wouldn't normally opt for, if only to give her hands something to do while she waited for a reply. Despite not particularly caring for the style, Elliot picked up the only size four dress the store had on that rack- laying it over her arm with the jeans.

[nixnight]

Nix watched the other older girl with her bright eyes flickering as she tried to work out who this was, she nodded her head at her comment before turning back to the shoe racks and looking over them for a few more moments before picking up a pair and walking over to the other girl. She dipped her head in greeting before breaking in to an honest smile, "I'm sorry, i know ill seem rude but its driving me mad. I know i know your face and i know I've seen you around school before but i just cant seem to find a name for you" nix said with a chuckle before pausing and shifting the shoes in her hands so she had a free hand to offer to the other girl. "Once i know your name, I'll tell you mine" she said with a small loped-sided smile at the other girl who seemed friendly enough

[potter]

"I was thinking the exact thing," Elliot said understandingly, perhaps this might turn into conversation after all. She didn't usually seek social interaction with people that she didn't know very well, but she was terribly lonely, and recognizing someone's face was a start to something most of the time. "Fair enough," said she, "I'm Elliot Potter." She hoped that she wouldn't get the typical reaction after divulging that she was a Potter, the name brought more attention than what she felt it was worth. She wondered if this girl might stick around a while, perhaps offer her opinion on the things Elliot had picked, she didn't quite know her muggle fashion. In thinking on it, Elliot wished that she had invited Abigail along, her friend certainly knew her way around clothes, though her coworker had been acting rather strangely of late...

[nixnight]

Nix dipped her head in greeting at the girls name and smiled a little, the same as people seemed to know her family for being nerdy stuck up pure bloods, the Potters were well known for everything nix stood up for and her own family hated. She forced back a chuckle as she could imagine her families face as she introduced them to a potter child, she shook her head and then smiled as she introduced herself. "Nix Night, it's not my full name but I don't like it much so it's what most know me by, or shadow" she said with another chuckle as her new nickname from some of the younger years at hogwarts. She had begun to get a reputation for her pranks and jokes in the school and the fact that people had glimpsed her wolf form disappearing at times had earned the name shadow it seemed but she didn't mind, she kinda liked the name and it seemed to be catching on many of the other years too

[potter]

Elliot found herself to be quite thankful at the lack of the typical response. That usually included a lot of questions, and as it was she was a very private person. She didn't like giving a lot of information about herself to people until she felt them to be entirely trustworthy. Of course, Elliot had not been able to go that route with Seth, but he seemed to be the only exception to that rule. "Oh right, you were on the, erm, red team at school," said Elliot, her memory slightly refreshed. Hopefully Nix would get what she meant, Elliot couldn't exactly go saying "Gryffindor," "Quidditch," and "Hogwarts" in a muggle store.

[nixnight]

Nix smiled at the other girls words and nodded her head ,"I got captain in year five, I was most happy with myself and shocked too" she said in answer to her comment and tried to be careful with her words. She had always found it annoying when she couldn't mention her school or anything magical to people like her in public but she guessed it was just a fact of life that she had to deal with. "may I be friendly and ask why your shopping like this today?" nix asked, after all it was a little odd that graduated wizards chose to wear muggle clothes, of course only older wizards normally wore just robes but someone fitting in as well as this girl must have had a reason to act quite so brilliantly normal

[potter]

"That's great," said Elliot, with a smile that touched her eyes for only a brief second before instantly fading away again. Smiles were hard for her to hold, though for the longest time she had been unable to conjure one in the first place. She still found difficulty in being happy. She thought a moment on how best to phrase her reply with muggles milling about. She hated having to speak in code. "I tend to hang around this part of town," Elliot said casually, "and I was looking to update my current wardrobe." She didn't want to mention anything about her going up in sizes to Nix, who was still a relative stranger to her.

[nixnight]

Nix listened to the girls words and nodded her head, it made sense for the older wizards out of school to need to be around muggles so robes all the time wasn't a good idea. Nix herself tended to wear her long black leather coat as a "muggle" so she still felt like she was in robes so she felt happier but that was just her. Nix turned to the door as she heard an odd noise before seeing minx sitting outside and flicking her tail in annoyance and nix bit her lip, a wild cat sitting in muggle London may go down very badly. She looked up at the other girl before nodding to minx and shrugging her shoulders ,"I'd love to stay and chat but I need to watch her" she said softly before glancing around to try and find a till

[potter]

During the break in conversation Elliot selected another dress for herself, it looked very pretty on the rack- light and airy pale blue material, it had spaghetti straps and a scalloped hem. It would be bound to make a lovely summer dress. She found herself taken aback slightly when Nix said that she had to leave, they had only just begun to talk. It looked like she was going to be on her own again. "Oh, all right," said Elliot, still flicking through the rack, "don't let me keep you." She smiled a bit at the sight of the cat, it would probably be best if Nix tended to her before too many muggles took notice of the wild-looking cat.

[nixnight]

Nix nodded her head as the other girl answered her and then spotted a till and jogged over to it and put the shoes down on the counter, the assistant looked most bored while he scanned it before dropping them in a bag and asking nix for her money. Nix handed over the last of her muggle cash and took her change before walking back past Elliot and pausing ,"if you wanna, then you could meet us up at the chocolate shop in this street" she offered as she passed her before walking to the door and rolling her eyes. Minx was now sitting on the windowsill of the shop and watching nix with her Amber eyes as she left the shop, nix rolled her eyes and scooped the wildcat up in her arms before lowering her head to look at her ,"you can be such a pain" nix said in a soft voice as minx began to purr

[potter]

Elliot smiled to herself, selecting another dress. It looked more like the kind of thing she would go for if she were planning on going out dancing with Abigail. It was almost a jade green, though brighter, but not quite a shamrock. Elliot found herself pulling it from the rack and thinking of her friend and coworker, Abigail would probably want her to get it, or at the very least try it on. She was faintly surprised when Nix offered for them to meet at the chocolate shop, though pleased all the same. "I'd love to, I just need a little time to try these things on, I'll be right there," said Elliot. She was a little concerned about going to a place that sold the very things she was still avoiding entirely, but Nix seemed kind enough, she would at least look around. Elliot half-smiled as Nix quietly scolded her cat, though the one outside was much wilder-looking than her calico at home it reminded her a lot of Bartholomew.

[nixnight]

Nix caught the other girls answer as the door to the shop closed and she smiled before starting to walk down the street, a fair few muggles looked at her as if she was mad and she fought back the urge to stick her tongue out at them and just kept walking for a bit.

She reached the end of the street soon enough and the dark purple chocolate shop greeted her with warmth and smells of sweet and deserts that she knew she shouldn't really have but didn't care. She bent down and put minx back on the floor and then looked at her for a moment, minx watched nix's eyes and then flicked an ears as a reply to their silent conversation and nix smiled softly again and nodded ,"better"

[potter]

After Nix left the store Elliot made quick work of trying on the garments that she had selected. Since she had only her own opinion to go on, it didn't take quite as long as it would if she had had to model the things she had found for a companion. She did, however, eliminate more than half the things she had picked, deciding on buying both the blue and green dresses and a pair of dark skinny jeans. Elliot made her way to the register, stopping only to pick up a pair of bright red peep-toe pumps in her size that she thought were cute. She made her purchases, feeling only slightly awkward as handled the less familiar muggle money, and then left the store in search of the chocolate shop. It was hard to miss, and it took only a few moments for Elliot to get there. The aromas of the sweets were tantalizing, but Elliot would refrain like she always had. "I hope I didn't keep you waiting long," said Elliot once she had found Nix once more.