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Marina's House
Topic Started: Oct 12 2007, 07:25 PM (797 Views)
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[size=1]After Llian arrived in Italy, he figured the first thing he should do was find a place to stay. Having passed a house which had a "for rent" sign on it, he decided to look into that, considering it was right near the Auror Headquarters in Rome.

He walked up the front steps and knocked on the door.[/size]
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Marina ran a hand through her hair quickly and opened the door - "Yes?" she asked, smiling cheerfully. She'd been trying to rent out the apartment, and when she saw Llian standing there, the first thing that popped into her head was, He's cute! So she straightened her shirt quickly and made a mental note to be very, very friendly. Hopefully, he was single.
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[size=1]Llian's mouth almost fell open in shock when the woman answered the door, smiling. She looked almost just like Meredith. The resemblance was uncanny. Perhaps it was because he missed Mere so much, but still...he couldn't get over it.

"Um...hi," he said, finally finding his voice. "I...I saw the for rent sign outside and I need a place to stay. Is the room still available?" he asked.

Maybe this was a sign...but a sign of what?

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Marina nodded - "Yeah, it's still available - you want it? Come inside, we can talk business."

She gave a small flirty smile, and turned heading back to the kitchen, motioning he should follow her. Over her shoulder she continued - "So you okay? You seemed a bit...weird back there."
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[size=1]Llian followed Marina inside to the kitchen. "Yeah, I'm fine," he said, taking a seat at the table across from her.

"I'm fine," he said. "It's just...you reminded me of someone I...knew...for a moment," he told her, hesitating a bit on the past tense of the verb.[/size]
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She shrugged, grinning. "Well I've never heard that before," she said, slowly. "I've always thought I look pretty unique. But the someone - well, maybe I'll meet her someday and I can see for myself. Or you could just show me a picture - got one?"

If he did have a picture, she figured, it would mean the girl was somehow connected, which meant they might have a relationship, which would not be the greatest thing when Marina was quickly getting used to the idea of a new love interest.

"Marina Mercedes," she said, sticking her hand out to shake. "And you are?"
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[size=1]It was then that Llian realized that he didn't have a picture of Meredith.

"I don't have a picture, and she...she passed away," he said, looking down at the table.

Glancing up after taking a moment, he shook her hand. "Nice to meet you, Marina. Llian Eppes," he introdued himself.[/size]
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"Oh I'm so sorry," Marina said. "Was she a close friend?" She knew she was prying, but she was being very friendly about it - she made sure her tone of voice was completely sympathetic, and turned to the oven - "I just made cookies, would you like some?"

She snuck a glance at him as she turned, because, to be completely honest, he was worth looking at. Well worth looking at. "What brings you here? Come from far away?" She'd never seen him before in her life.
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[size=1]"She was my girlfriend," he told her. "And no thank you, I'm not really hungry." He thought that maybe he had been hungry earlier, but he really couldn't even think about eating right now.

"I just moved back here from England," he said, answering her second question. "I used to live here for a few years during my Auror training and worked here after that," he explained. "But I'm being temporarily transferred back from England's department."[/size]
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Marina frowned. "That's awful," she said. "I'm so sorry for your loss." She said nothing more about Meredith, but set a plate of cookies down on the table with a large cloth napkin monogrammed with "MM".

"If you do get hungry," she said, "eat."

She sat down across from him. "So you've been here before," she said. "Great, I won't have to show you around too much. You say you want to rent the apartment?"

[[ooc - I g2g, can we finish tomorrow? You can godmod the agreement to rent the place and then we can just pick up from there.]]
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[size=1]Llian stared at the 'MM' on the napkin, forcibly reminded that Meredith's initials were the same. What a strange coincidence. He couldn't decide whether or not it was good or bad, and he wasn't sure if he wanted to be reminded of Meredith at all. But then, how could he not? Somehow everything that was happening reminded him of her.

He nodded and said, "Yeah, I would like to rent it. How much is it per month?"[/size]
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Marina told him, and they agreed on a final price, with the first payment due...not-at-that-moment. "It's that way," she said, pointing out the door. "There's another door connecting upstairs - I'm afraid the only bathroom the aparment itself has no shower so you'll have to use the jack-and-jill, hope you don't mind. It's connected to the apartment, don't worry."

She figured she'd warn him off the bat. "So...you a light sleeper? Coz we're prone to thunderstorms and we have a ghost in the house...very, very noisy."

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[size=1]"I'm fine with that," he said. "I'm actually a pretty heavy sleeper." He'd never woken up easily, and his years of travel had taught him to be able to fall asleep pretty much anywhere.

"Again, thank you for letting me stay here," he said. "And how soon would I be able to move in?" he asked, unsure if someone was currently living there or not. He would be fine with staying at a hotel for a few nights, but the sooner he could get settled in, the better.[/size]
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"Whenever," she said airily. She wandered into another room and came back a moment later holding out a key - "I know, sometimes these can be useless, but you'd be surprised how many anti-intruder charms can be put on a single lock...don't lose it, they cost a fortune to replace."

She smiled, and tossed it on the table in front of him. "I think that's about all you need to know, I can cook for you if you need me to, and if you don't want to eat alone I can always make time. Umm...other than that you should be all set!"
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[size=1]"Great, thanks. I'll be moving in tonight if that's not a problem," he said, taking the key. He was extremely greatful that she was being so accomodating, even offering to cook for him.

Of course, he probably wouldn't take her up on the offer, knowing that he'd be working a lot.[/size]
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Marina nodded, brushing it off. "You're welcome, it's nice to have someone cute living next door," she half-smiled, and then said, "I have to run out to the store but tonight is absolutely fine! Hope you're feeling better - raid the kitchen if want to. Cheaper than eating out."

She left him with a warm smile and the lingering scent of flowery perfume.
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[size=1]Llian smiled as she left and headed upstairs to unpack his things. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad here...well, despite the fact that everytime he looked at his new housemate, he thought of Meredith. But he was sure that would be less awkward as time passed.[/size]
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[size=1]Llian came into the kitchen and began rummaging around for something to eat. He'd finally gotten hungry, and he actually found that he was quite ravenous.

So he opened the fridge and began to dig around for something to eat. [/size]
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Marina walked into the kitchen and saw Llian leaning into the refrigerator. She had to smile.

"Hey there," she said, walking up behind him and letting her hip brush his side as she leaned over him to grab something out of the refrigerator.

"I thought I told you I would take care of the food?"
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[size=1]Llian looked up at Marina as she came downstairs and brushed by him to get something out of the fridge.

"Sorry," he said and moved a little, figuring he was in her way.

"And I'm fine with making myself meals. I don't want to be a burden," he told her.[/size]
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