I'm A Marionette [Vivian]

[Vivian River Jordan]

It was a good sign that Juniper immediately put her nose to her parchment as she began to take notes – because it was exactly the sort of sensible and industrious thing that Viv wouldn’t have thought to do. Or at least, not until that last moment realization when she’d remember that pesky exam or writers’ meeting or pitch and she’d have to pull an all-nighter to be ready on time. She was hyper-focused and let her whims pull her to the next project, but that meant her follow-through wasn’t always on point. That was the advantage of bringing someone else in on the project at the ground-level, especially someone that knew the industry as well as Juniper. Viv nodded thoughtfully but didn’t make an effort to take notes. She had what she needed in her brain for now.

But she did take the opportunity to pull one of the binders out of Juniper’s floating library so she could peruse her portfolio. She’d brought some concepts for other shows that she must’ve worked on and Viv let her imagination pull her into the artwork and the graphs and the testimonials. “Bloody hell, this is cute,” Viv cooed, holding up a picture of a cartoon dragon with big bubbly eyes. Probably geared towards a much younger audience, but she could see how one might weave in some educational content about magical creatures too. Viv had never studied the mechanics of how to write a show for children, but she was mad for Muggle things and had watched some TV over the years. There was something magical about their ability to substitute wands and spells with their own version of things.

Right. Next steps. Viv nodded along to Juniper’s suggestions because it all sounded quite good and proper. “Yeah, I’ll prob have to loop my producers in soon. But it’d be best to get as much work done as possible before we present it. Harder to say no to a finished product and all that.” They could always reject it under any circumstances, of course, but it was easier to say no to a theoretical concept and harder once it began to take an actual form. Viv brightened at the thought that this meeting had actually gone really well and looked around at her office before turning back to Juniper. “You can work on the pitch from here if you want. I’m outta town filming for the next couple days anyway.”

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"That's Drake the Dragon...didn't really take off past a pilot," Juniper mumbled. She had been proud of that one too, hoping there'd be some sort of breakthrough in the business with it. Alas, not enough households with young children had access to Witch TV yet at that point and the pilot floundered and was shoved away in some back corner of the station's archives, never to be seen again. That didn't mean she was opposed to bringing Drake back in a retcon of sorts.

Aside from her notes now being perused by Vivian, it seemed like their little meeting was coming to an end. The next stage was the most crucial after all, and having a rock solid proposal to present to their respective producers and then the higher-ups was key. Dragging in her own producer would be easy enough and Vivian seemed to have the same opinion with her own. Considering what her show entailed, things seemed relatively lax over here in Potterwatch.

"That'd be great actually. Then I won't have to move all of this back," she motioned broadly at all of her materials. Most of those she didn't need for her day to day work. They were more of an accumulation of research and concepts more than anything else. She doubted there would be too much she could pull directly from them for a show like this, but it was better to have all of it than not. "Alright," Juniper said as she stood up and looked over everything once more. "I'll leave you to it and we'll follow up once you're back then. I should be able to get some good concepts worked out during that, and then we can finalize a rough proposal to throw at the producers." Leaving her materials where they were, Juniper gave Vivian a small wave goodbye and made her way out of the Potterwatch office, practically skipping down the empty hallway on her way back to her desk. She had a good feeling about this one.

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Viv sadly said goodbye to Drake the Dragon while she slipped the binder back into the whirling nebula of office supplies that Juniper had brought with her. Sometimes the world just wasn’t ready for certain ideas and you had to put it away until circumstances changed. But she wasn’t opposed to finding a way for a Puppet Drake to cameo in the show, so she resolved to ask Harry if he’d ever had any personal experiences with dragons. There was, of course, the well-known legend of the trio breaking out of Gringotts with a dragon during the height of Voldemort’s rule – but there was no way that could have actually happened. It was just one of those rumors that popped up while people searched for any sign of Harry being alive and well.

Anyway, Viv stood up when she saw Juniper doing the same, and she nodded to show that her invitation was sincere. “Sure, I’ll just make a little room!” Viv fished her wand out of her sleeve, did a little swirling motion, and watched a hurricane of papers banish themselves to one of the desks in the far corner of the room. Okay, so it wasn’t as neat as her mum would’ve done it, but at least there was space now. The binders and staplers slowly began to settle down, and Viv watched for a moment before turning back to grin at Juniper. “Aces,” Viv said with a nod, “I won’t be back ‘til end-of-week but I’ll get things sorted from my end too. I bet they’ll love it!” And that wasn’t just an overly optimistic assessment either. Viv knew how to sniff out good concepts for her show, and Potterwatch had been riding a wave of popularity since they’d first hit the airwaves. If she could get HP on board, all the higher-ups would fall in line fast enough.

She gave Juniper a cheery wave and slouched back into her chair once the other witch had gone. Viv picked up Harry Puppet and straightened the decorations she’d hastily thrown on. “Voldy Moldy won’t know what hit him,” she informed the sock puppet cheerfully. And neither would the network, once they’d heard Juniper and Viv’s joint pitch for the show.

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