All week he had dealt with the crankiness and uncomfortable irritability of his ever so lovely wife. Ernie had even cut sometime at work to be with her more. She needed him now more, and as much as it killed him to not be at work, he would be more distraught if he was told to pack his things. So being more caring was the ticket to being in his marriage for the long haul.

Susan had some mood swings, but nothing he couldn't handle. She felt so terrible afterward that the flustered Ernie couldn't find himself angry just more worried about her emotional state. Seeking to find an easy solution for her discomfort he set out after work to the Apothecary. The breeze hit him and he was enjoying being outside, there wasn't much he could enjoy out there anymore.

The pregnancy was only going on three months but already Ernie felt like he was exhausted from running back and forth. He did runs for bizarre food cravings, for books on what to do when you're expecting, for supplies, and most of all he looked for anything to help out Susan's morning sickness. She tried her hardest to keep it from him, but he knew she wasn't feeling so well.

Stepping into the Apothecary he could smell the rotten eggs, old cabbage, and damp wood earth scent that wafted through the air. All Ernie knew was that anything he could find that could calm her stomach was a good start. His eyes moved over the tiny odd shaped bottles reading each one as well as it's description with much interest. The shop was dimly lit for the most part and though he felt cramped, Ernie had enough space to walk around freely. Around the shop there were a few people exploring the shelves themselves looking for a cure to what ailed them at the moment.

There was an old witch sitting behind the register in the far corner as Ernie explored looking through each barrel on the floor and the bottles on the wall. There were potions for every notion, ranging from Love Potions to the Draught of Living Death. "That won't be necessary," he said pulling on his collar as he continued to read the potions one by one. A pear shaped bottle with an orangey amber liquid caught his eye. Soothing Solution was written in cramped smudged lettering across the base. He moved to pick it off the shelf jostling a few bottles in the process, "Shite" he whispered hoping not to disturb the few other customers in the shop.

Ari had nipped to diagon early that morning, a few odd jobs that needed sorting before the remembering events, and her begrudged part in them, started.
She had a few spare hours before she was due back at Signature, then the choir performance later...an event she had been drawn into if not quite kicking and screaming than nearly.

A headache was distracting her and that morning she needed all of her concentration...plus any headache would only get much worse in Celestina Warbeck's presence...she needed something to soothe it now.

She scanned the shelves for an appropriate remedy, kneeling down on one knee to search through a collection of small bottles labelled aches and pains on the bottom shelf. She was aware of someone causing a little bit of breakable chaos next to her and when a pink bottle rolled on the floor next to her foot, she reached out and held it up wordlessly to the man on her left.

When she glanced up her attention was caught for a moment as she had a flash of recognition. Though it took her a moment to work out where she had seen him before, Ernie had been a few years above her at school. She knew him by face but could not recall his name.