[IC] Appointments Post

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[Oh this is going to entertain him for months. He wishes he were mean enough to prolong it - it's not often he gets to see Will riled up like this. Instead he holds up a hand, waving his brother's rising anxieties off.]

Oh, cool it already. I don't see what you're fussing about. That was a slick show you had there. I'm glad I got to see it.

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[Damn you and your living situation, bro.]

You... you are? For real?

[He's not sure if he should be terrified of Shikamaru's compliment, or terrified. He could be genuine, or just indulging him to hold it over his head later.]

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[His smile, at least, looks genuine. If you want to cut to the chase, though, it's definitely both.]

Oh yeah. 'Course, I'd have liked it better if you hadn't been avoiding my side of the crowd like a square, but what I saw of it was entertaining.

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Well, can you blame me? As soon as I saw you, I thought for sure I was screwed. Nobody knows I come down here to do this.

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[It's fair enough in that light, but--]

Why keep it a secret? Magic's in that, what do you call it... artsy category you upper types dig, so that checks out. [He strokes the underside of his chin, then drops it with a shrug.] Unless it's that you got your allowance cut and don't want anyone catching you making a little bank.

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That isn't why!

[It's a bit louder and more high-pitched than he'd intended, and a light blush crosses his cheeks as he settles down.]

I mean... geez. You know how Dad is. Isn't street peddling kind of beneath the whole Stark family line?

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...wow. Are you embarrassed?

[Much better topic to stick to, given recent events. You know how Dad is...]

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O-of course I'm embarrassed! Wouldn't you be!?

[He's actually kind of horrified to be caught by Shikamaru, of all people...]

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I'd probably be doing that if I wasn't working at the factory.

[He tries to say that in a casual way. Like he doesn't care about that whole 'beneath the whole Stark family line' bit, but that's always been a sore point for him, so the verdict's out if it works or not.

Just in case it doesn't:]

And it's not like he has room to talk. He owns a line of banana stands of all things.

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[Pfft. Okay, he does have a point there, kind of.]

Well... yeah, but at least he's getting paid for those.

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If I were peddling, I'd take a ridiculous magician's outfit over the get-up he has those guys in.

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True enough. So you won't tell him I'm doing this?

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Can't see why I should. Though you never did say why you're doing this.

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Oh, uh. [Crap. Does he have to?] I just... like it, I guess. But I didn't think I'd get away with it back home.

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Like playing to the crowds more than a grand affair like stage magic, huh?

[Because man. He doesn't know what everything's like in high town, but he imagines they have to have some fancy structure for that sort of thing.]

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I don't know if I'd like one or the other more. But I do like not risking getting myself into trouble over it. At least not until I'm old enough to be on my own.

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How much longer until that happens, anyhow?

[HE DOESN'T KEEP TRACK OF THE AGE DIFFERENCE, LITTLE BROTHER.]

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Not long. Another year, maybe two depending on where I end up. I haven't made any decisions yet.

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I wouldn't put it off. Getting your own place is nice, man. [Eyebrow waggle.] Especially when you want to have a girl over.