July 31st, 1895 — Hogsmeade Market

Twice weekly, High Strert plays host not only to the usual shops, but to the myriad carts and stalls of the Hogsmeade Market. Today, though, something is plainly amiss: the popcorn vendor's machine seems to have gone absolutely mad, and is flooding his section of the street with popped kernals and the smell of burning.

Character A is quite decidedly already buried by this tide of popcorn, while others nearby have to contend not only with the ersatz avelanche but with the birds who have declared this place a never-ending snack.

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Though she'd been keeping a somewhat low(er) profile than normal, Tabi thought a venture to the market to see what was available. She had yet to spot Mr. Wye, though he often found her when she least expected. She was hoping to get some lavender for the house and thought one of the local farms might have some. Otherwise she would have to check the Plunkett family store to see if they had any. It really wasn't a bother, but she wanted to save herself the time if she could, while browsing at her leisure.

Unfortunately she hadn't the time to find any lavender, or anything else for that matter, when she heard a loud, familiar popping. It seemed a little too loud and by the time she turned around, it appeared to be a massive wave of popcorn coming down the little strip of road where she was. Without much time to really make a decision as to what to do, it hit her full force, knocking her off her feet so that all that could be seen was one brown boot up in the air.

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Dunstan had decided to come check out the vendors and had been near the popcorn vendor when the chaos happened. The smell of burning hit his nose and the smell of popcorn was everywhere. He turned his head to see a brown boot up in the air and a bird landing on said boot to pick at the popcorn surrounding it.

Dunstan did assume the boot belonged to a person buried in popcorn so he rushed over and shooed the bird away and began scooping popcorn away from the supposed person. He didn't want to risk using magic just yet in case he accidentally harmed them.

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Effie enjoyed browsing the little monthly markets. It gave her something to do and a reason to get out of the house, away from her father. Sometimes she met up with her brother, sometimes she didn't. Today he had been under the weather, so she walked the paths alone with hands clasped behind her back. She heard a commotion coming from the next row of stalls over. Curiously, she sped up her steps until she reached the area where the paths intersected, which was curiously covered in popcorn. The trail of popcorn led to a troll-sized heap of it nearby, and a man digging through it.

She blinked, hands still clasped casually behind her back as she told him dryly, "I don't think it's free to eat, even if it's on the ground."

  

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Just how did she always wind up in predicaments like this? Honestly she was going to start just going to work and going home, no more social events, no more daily jaunts. Something always went awry and she always made a fool of herself!

The popcorn was still moving down the street a little and Tabi struggled to make heads or tails of which way was up. "Help!" She managed after finding enough control of her limbs to move some of the popcorn away from her face. This dress was going to be ruined too. How did this keep happening?

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Dunstan glanced at the woman speaking to him. Did it look like he was eating the popcorn? Had she missed the booted foot protruding from the popcorn? "There's someone buried under the popcorn," he said before turning back to what he was doing just as a womans voice called up from the heap. He unearthed some of a leg and moved a little more upwards to try finding her hand. At least some of her face was now visible as well.

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Effie thought he might mean that he was going to eat the person that was beneath the popcorn (whom she supposed was also not free?), but the feminine call for help, along with a pretty face she vaguely recognized, had her dashing to the pile as well. Was this the popcorn seller? Had they caused it to go on the fritz? "Here!" She exclaimed and shoved both hands into the popcorn pile in the area she guessed the woman's hands would be, "Grab my hand!"

  

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In an effort to at least get herself upright, Tabi moved her limbs in a swimming fashion, which felt ridiculous, but she at least started to make some progress. She could hear people attempting to help, but had a difficult time discerning which direction everything was coming from. A hand thrust into the popcorn itself and Tabi attempted to grab ahold, but there must have been butter on the popcorn, because she found her grip slipping almost immediately. This was such a disaster!

She thought to grab her wand, but that also would be hard to hold onto, and the last thing she wanted to do was lose that. She let out a frustrated sort of growl, low and more aligned with her half-veela side, but she refused to let it get the better of her. A foot caught solid purchase on a kick and she tried to push upward from the ground, surfacing for a moment to see where at least she was.

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At least the woman was making herself useful now instead of whatever she had been trying to do before. Now that the trapped ones face had surfaced briefly, he took out his wand and muttered a quick spell to "push" the popcorn away from her face so that she would not suffocate. "Are you injured anywhere, Miss?" Dunstan asked as he used his hands to clear more popcorn away. He presumed the other woman would also be helping get the beautiful blonde out of the heap of popcorn.

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The woman's hands were much too slippery–Effie had hold of her for a split-second, and then she'd slid right away. Thankfully, she had managed to find some footing. Between that and the careful spell the man used, they were at least able to see her face. Effie blinked. She knew this woman. How did she know her? She considered this while she muttered a spell to replace the butter on her hands to a stickier substance, almost like molasses. "Here, try again," She said and instead of shoving her hands in the popcorn, stuck her hands in the opening in front of the woman's face. Surely she'd be able to navigate her arms now that she was right side up and could see them.

  

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With the magical assistance of people on the street, Tabi was starting to surface from the popcorn wave. The woman reached out again and Tabi was able to get more purchase in her grip thanks to the fabric. Finally, she felt herself escaping the snack avalanche. Honestly. Of all of the things that had randomly happened to her, this was almost as bad as the garden gnome fiasco.

"Thank you," she gasped once she was on solid ground again, brushing away any popcorn that clung to her person. "That was... something else." Was all she could come up with. She shivered against the frustration that pushed at her control over her less-civil side and tried to shake the feeling away completely. "Did you see what caused it?"

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"From the looks of it, one of the popcorn vendors machines went haywire," Dunstan said, eyeing the mass amounts of popcorn covering the street. At least it didn't seem like anyone else had found themselves buried under it. Some of the local street urchins were even now scooping as much as they could into whatever they had in hand. At least she seemed to be all right.

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The woman was freed rather anticlimactically. She seemed flustered, though unharmed. Effie May eyed her up and down while the wizard responded to her question. The moment he was done speaking, she spoke up, "Are you alright? Do you need a healer?"

  

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Tabs supposed that would explain it, a wonky popcorn machine. She blew out a sigh and shook away the remnants of her annoyance, brushing her hair back from her face. She must look a disaster. Her dress was covered in stains and she felt a little sticky; there must have been butter or some sort of flavor on the popcorn, but she felt quite uninjured, at any rate.

"I'm alright, I am a healer, thank you though." She smiled between the pair who had bothered to help her with a better, more appreciative smile. "I appreciate your help." She added, wondering just how far she would have made it down the street if she hadn't been pulled out. The popcorn was still moving, though at a less alarming rate, maybe whatever magic had gone haywire was slowing down.

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