Charlie Jones
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Post by Charlie Jones on May 4, 2006 19:55:38 GMT -5
Charlie remembered the last time she did it. The days of summer camp were winding down and she had an idea of cutting her hair. The result came out pretty good, with the help of the everfaithful, but long missed Layla Jimenez, and it served as practical use in everyday maintenence (if you call getting up and changing a lot of maintenance).
And so Charlie wanted to try again. She wasn't quite thrilled with the idea of having to do it in the Slytherin bathroom, so she found the prefects' bathroom as the best bet.
Sitting at one of the humongus mirrors, she started out by rinsing her hair and just giving it a towel dry.As her hair flew past her shoulders, she scrunched her nose. "Charlene, honey-hons! Your beautiful hair has got just great volume and length! Keep it that way, and we might just give you highlights!" Charlie grabbed the scissors that were originally from her trunk, used for anything but hair cutting. "Too bad, Tammy," Charlie said to herself, and looking at her long hair before picking it up and starting the first "incision". Oh my. This won't quite match the bridesmaids' dresses, now won't it?
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Post by Allegra Thornton on May 6, 2006 14:55:58 GMT -5
"Oh, we could probably find someway to make it work," Allegra piped up cheerfully, coming into the prefects bathroom and misunderstanding Charlie's meaning. She had always prefered shorter hair and really didn't think it would be a problem. "Once you even it out, it'll be fine... really."
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Charlie Jones
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Post by Charlie Jones on May 6, 2006 15:15:38 GMT -5
"Huh?" Charlie was startled by the familiar voice, and turned a little too quickly, the scissors thankfully ending up in front of her eyes, and not stabbing herself in the process.
Looking from the pointy, thick scissors to Allegra, she figured that Allegra thought that she had made a mistake with her hair cutting. "Anything's good with me. I just wanna chop it all off. I kinda got tired of long hair." She would have liked to try the way Allegra had her hair, but decided against it. It was bad enough people mistook her for a boy even with a long pony tail.
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Post by Allegra Thornton on May 7, 2006 0:55:20 GMT -5
She almost cried out when Charlie nearly stabbed herself, but relaxed when she saw it was okay. "Need help?" Allegra asked, giving her a small smile. "I'm not a professional, but I can get it straight. I know how hard it is to get the back to even out, especially if you're trying to do it yourself."
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Charlie Jones
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Post by Charlie Jones on May 9, 2006 20:05:05 GMT -5
That was close, Charlie had thought before, though her face was quite calm, despite the minor talking to the absent Tammy. her heart was beating like crazy, but at least she wasn't showing it. (As a certain comedian would say, she Van Dammed it.)
When Allegra offered her help, Charlie nodded as she put the scissors down."Could ya? I ended up with a slant the last time. Layla helped me last time, and it looked pretty good." A lock of detached hair was in her hand, but at least she didn't do the whole thing. If anything, it served as a guideline for the desired length.
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Post by Allegra Thornton on May 9, 2006 21:24:05 GMT -5
"Yeah!" Allegra answered back with a wide grin. She picked up the scissors and immediately put them back down again making a face. "You got something better than these to use?" she asked. She'd be able to shorten Charlie's hair with them all right, but it would be more like a hair hacking than a hair cut.
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Charlie Jones
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Post by Charlie Jones on May 10, 2006 16:26:39 GMT -5
"Uh... nope." Charlie said helplessly. She only owned those, and though the scissors were pointed, they were defiinitely dulled out from cutting ropes and certain books that Dan loved. However, that's another story...
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Post by Allegra Thornton on May 10, 2006 21:07:40 GMT -5
Allegra made a face. "Well, they'll work, but it'll be harder to get it straight," she said. "We have to have something better around here." She left the bathroom and went back to the lounge, searching the desk drawers and cupbaords for a better pair.
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Post by Charlie Jones on May 11, 2006 17:20:52 GMT -5
"Okay," Charlie said, but didn't follow Allegra. He hair was still a bit wet, so chances are she would drip wherever she would go. Plus, she still didn't know the lounge as well as Allegra did. Instead, she looked back at the mirror and smirked. She refrained from talking to herself again, if only to keep some of her sanity.
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Post by Allegra Thornton on May 13, 2006 19:37:57 GMT -5
"Found them!" Allegra called out and she shortly returned to the bathroom. "Now a woprd of warning, they're not the best, but they are definitely sharper than what you have," she told Charlie. "I wish I knew a good sharpening charm and then we'd have no problem."
She doubted Charlie would want to wait while she looked one up so she didn't even mention it.
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Post by Charlie Jones on May 14, 2006 12:24:48 GMT -5
"Can't try the diffindo charm?" Charlie asked, feeling slightly intelligent about pointing that out, mostly because she used only the basic charms for everyday life.
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Post by Allegra Thornton on May 15, 2006 18:28:44 GMT -5
"It would work," Allegra admitted, "But it's pretty hard to get a really precise line... especially on hair. I wouldn't want you to look like you've been attacked by a weed-wacker or anything."
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Post by Charlie Jones on May 15, 2006 19:47:04 GMT -5
Charlie tried to think of another way, and then snapped her fingers with an idea. "Use the diffindo to sharpen the scissor blades?" She silently commended herself, and looked back at Allegra to see what she would think.
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Post by Allegra Thornton on May 17, 2006 1:14:38 GMT -5
"Diffindo... it would end up cutting through the blades instead of just sharpening them," Allegra answered, though she thought Charlie's idea had merit. The right charm could sharpen the blades and solve the problem. Except, she wasn't quite sure what the right charm was. She squeezed her eyes shut and mumbled Latin phrases as she tried to remember the right spell.
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Charlie Jones
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Post by Charlie Jones on May 24, 2006 16:28:04 GMT -5
"You're right, I guess," Charlie mumbled rather dejectedly when she realized that Allegra was right. If a diffindo charm could cut through think hardcover books at a time, then she had no doubt it would be sharp to cut through metal. "Then what are you gonna do?"
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