Books books book... (Open RP in, yes, the library)

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

With the knowledge that L is willing to pay for any computer equipment he might need (which is a relief - he hadn't been looking forward to attempting to get his hands on someone's credit card while shopping with the world's greatest detective), Matt had gone to Hogsmeade and used the last of his money to purchase a wand.

Now he needs to find out what to do with it.

So, he's heading for the library. What he understands of wizarding culture suggests there isn't going to be much on cybermagic, but Matt isn't against figuring out things on his own.

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[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"I hope not. But they are no longer living together."

So that can't go too wrong, hopefully.

"A loathes him. I trust him to keep it safe. I think it shall be named Schrodinger."

"But she's female," interjects the cashier, and L gives him a dirty look before turning to pick out a bag of kitten food and a toy.

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"So?" Matt asks, but not before the cashier plonks the kitten on the counter in front of him and stomps off to get... something.

The tiny kitten looked up at Matt and mewled. Matt blinked at it.

"Hmm."

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"A will like her," says L, sounding pleased and proud and a little nervous, "I hope."

'Mew,' says Schrodinger, looking around for brother and sister kittens. Of which there are none. 'Mew.' Pad-pad-pad, go the paws on the counter.

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"Yeah, probably."

Experimentally, Matt reaches out and strokes the kitten's back with one finger.

"... hmm."

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She scampers in a circle, trying to follow his finger, to catch his hand. His glove may get chewed on, just a little.

The cashier returns with a cardboard box, which he begins folding into shape. L watches on, rather amused by the proceedings.

"We can get most of what we need from the house-- staff."

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Matt wasn't expecting that, and definitely wasn't expecting tiny claws to dig into the gloves - not deep enough to get to his flesh, but deep enough to make it tricky to pull the little thing away. Which Matt does not succeed in doing.

"Yeah. Wait, we're carrying her back in a cardboard box?"

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"Do you really want to carry a kitten through a mall? You'll be clawed to pieces." The cashier begins to aid in extricating Matt from Schrodinger's grip.

"As long as there are airholes," L guesses, "it should be fine for short distances. We are ten minutes from being home. I will let her out in my room, until I can find A."

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"No, I don't want to carry it... I just thought, you know, you got those little carrying cage things."

Once Schrodinger is safely desposited into the cardboard box, Matt sighs and picks it up. "I really fucking hope I don't drop this."

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The cashier makes a strangled noise, and L hands him the credit card.

"You will not. And there is not far to go."

From the box, comes a tiny, muffled 'mew.'

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Matt looks completely uncomfortable. He could be a harbinger of kitteny doom. He doesn't even want to think about the technicalities of holding a live kitten while being magically transported back to the Highlands via fireplace.

"Okay."

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If they survived it, the cat totally can too.

"Thank you," L tells the clerk, and scooping up the new bag in his one remaining arm, he heads for the door.

"And thank you, Matt, for your patience."

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"Don't worry about it," Matt says. "I do this all the time. I'm a total shopaholic." He grins, to show the joke isn't meant nastily.

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L returns the smile.

"Obviously so."

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"And hey, you DID get me a computer."

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"I do not get to give things to people. It is a nice thing to try."

He negotiates sideways onto the escalator. A man trying to push past him gets the lego-bag in the shin, quite obviously on purpose, though he looks like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.

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Matt laughs at the man's disgruntled look, then tries to cover it with a cough. Hanging out with L is fun.

"Well, you've done pretty well today," he says. There's nothing for Mello, but Matt has no way of knowing whether that's on purpose or not. He wonders whether to bring it up; it's not his money, after all.

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It hasn't occurred to L that he's buying things for people, really. He just meant to get the computer, and then he asked Near if he needed anything, and he did, and then he saw the kitten and went 'oh.'

"I suppose I have."

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"You totally have." He shifts the boxes, trying to get a better grip on both. He can't really decide which it would be worse to drop, the kitten or the computer, so the obvious answer is to drop neither.

The kitten makes a nervous-sounding noise. God. Somehow, Matt decides, transporting a puppy would be easier.

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"We aren't far now," he tells the cat, as though that'll help.

One more escalator ride; God, L hates those things.

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Matt notices that L's addressing the kitten, and laughs. "Did you ever want a pet?"

He assumes L wouldn't have actually had one.

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"I think I wanted a fish, when I was very young. To name Maurice."

That was important, though he can no longer remember why.

"And then a dragon. I read too much."

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"Hell yeah," Matt grins. "Who wouldn't want a dragon? I wanted a dinosaur, but it's pretty much the same idea. And I remember someone who lived close to us had a dog - I always wanted one of those."

Maybe, once he gets paid...

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"In a practical world, I would probably not want a dragon. I've been reading about them here."

Care of Magical Creatures textbook? Alarming.

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"Holy shit." He'd known about unicorns, but... "Are you serious? How the hell have we managed to not notice dragons floating around all over the place?"

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"They live in the wild. They are large."

And incredibly alarming sounding.

"I would not want to meet one."