Wonka Sweets Shop - OPEN

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

Tonks, after writing and owling a letter, ran to the store. She couldn't help but stop in front of the shop, admiring the large window's grand display. There was a help wanted sign nestled unobtrusively in the top corner, but in the window...it was an entire Halloween town made of chocolate, complete with miniature trick-or-treaters and figures at doors, holding bowls of candy fragments. "Wow," she breathed, voice soft with admiration. She grinned as she recognized several familiar faces, either in costume, or holding candy. Her smile broadened when she recognized a familiar figure with a top hat.

Still smiling to herself, she let herself into the store, walking past the well-stocked shelves and began to get ready for the day.

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[wonkacandyshopp.livejournal.com]

Hearing her arrive, Wonka pops into the shop from the back. "Hello! How are you this fine day?"

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

Tonks flashed a grin, "I'm wonderful, and yourself, sir?"

[wonkacandyshopp.livejournal.com]

"Fine, fabulous." Wonka beams. "Oh! Did you see my village? That is you, over there with all the colours in the hair." He points proudly.

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

"Really?" She beamed, "I didn't get too good a look, but it's all gorgeous, though." She murmured, going over to examine better.

[wonkacandyshopp.livejournal.com]

"Of course you are!" He looked a little insulted that she'd doubted her presence. Then remembered what he wanted to talk to her about. "Oh, there's a town hall meeting tomorrow. Do you think you could help me pick out candy we can hand out? If you want to be there as well, we'll just keep the shop(pe) closed," he added airily. "After all, they'll be getting candy for free!"

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

"Sure," She nodded, "Is there anything you want to bring in particular?"

[wonkacandyshopp.livejournal.com]

"Wonka bars, perhaps? Oh! And maybe some of your spelled rats?" He looks around thoughtfully. "And... Weren't you working on some happy candy here the other day?"

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yes!" Tonks beamed, "I was. I put Cheering Charms on different flavors of truffles. I mean, candy is enough to make anybody smile, but..." She shrugged helplessly and grinned, "Do you want to try one?"

[wonkacandyshopp.livejournal.com]

Wonka smiles and takes a handfull before disappearing into the back again, just as a costumer enters the shop.

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel pushed open the door to the shop, and looked around, curiously.

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

Tonks lifted her hand in a friendly half-wave, "Hello!" She called brightly.

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel looked across at the young woman and smiled. "Hello. Do you work here?"

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

"Yes, I do." A half-smile teasing her lips up at the corners, Tonks reached to tuck a stray bit of hair behind her ear.

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Well, hopefully you'll be able to help me then," Daniel replies. "I'm looking for something for... well, I guess she's my girlfriend."

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

"I can definately help you then," Tonks grinned, "What's the occasion?"

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel shrugged, slightly embarrassed. "No real occassion; I've just been an idiot, we've recently made up and I want to show her how much I love her without setting off her allergies, or drunkenly reciting Shakespeare." He paused, and blushed.

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

"Have you tried the Ilyad?" Tonks suggested playfully.

"Well, how about something small, but pretty? You don’t want to get too big on a 'Just-Because' gift. If you go with something huge, it could put her in an awkward position, and she might think that you just wanna get into her bed."

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel laughed. "I don't think the story of the siege of Illium was quite appropriate for that night," he said.

He blushed, and didn't mention that he'd already had her in bed. "That sounds like a great idea."

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

Tonks grinned, "You could do worse than the siege of Illium. My mate, Proudfoot, once tried to recite The Necromancer to his girlfriend. She'd stormed out before he could finish the section. He tried to console himself with Dante's Inferno."

She led him towards a rather large shelf, "These would probably be nice. You might want to go with either white or dark chocolate - white is sweet and dark is kind of sexy. Milk chocolate is wonderful, but it's a bit more friendship-y, I think."

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel winced, and then laughed. "Yeah, I can see why they wouldn't go over too well. I think I started with Romeo and Juliet, moved on to sonnets and I have vague memories of Much Ado About Nothing," he said, shaking his head.

Daniel picked up a box of the dark chocolates. "I think these would be great. Oh, and while I'm here, do you do chocolate covered coffee beans?"

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

"Sure. I'll get them," Tonks said, before crossing to a tall but narrow shelf, unnoticably tucked in the corner. She grabbed the small bag and came back, handing Daniel the package. "Much Ado About Nothing?" She smiled sympathetically, "It could have been worse. It could have been Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 (http://dimwitt.tripod.com/trevor18.html). Most girls would've just stormed off without waiting for the ending, you know?"

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Daniel smiled, adding the package to the box. "I think that's all for this trip."

He laughed. "That's a very good point. Although it actually turned out that she was asleep and missed it all in the end. Not one of my finest moments."

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

"All right." Tonks rang up the total efficiently, her eyes bright, "Good luck!"

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," Daniel replied, as he handed across the money. "I'll see you around, I'm sure."

[luridpinkspikes.livejournal.com]

"I hope so!" She bid cheerfully.