On a hard wooden bench in the 14th district police department building, Pansy sat shivering in her barely there outfit, clutching her faux leather satchel to her chest. Sheâd been picked up for solicitation, which was incredibly ironic because for the first time since sheâd fled to the Muggle world, sheâd done her damndest to put an end to that particularly smarmy part of her personal history.Â
Several months ago, sheâd managed to secretly Portkey out of Europe and landed herself in Americaâs west coast, in a city called, San Francisco. It was the right amount of eccentric to retain her anonymity. Her accent fell in easily with those of the tourists who frequented the wharf and downtown shopping areas. Who knew Europeans especially liked the popup apothecaries that dotted a small alleyway between the Financial District and Chinatown.Â
Within the first week of arriving, Pansyâs smarts about fashion and potion making helped her land a job in a bohemian shoppe that reminded her of Prof. Trelawney's classroom. In it were swathes of richly colored fabric, glass vials and exotic scents, crystal balls and Pansyâs favorite part of the mystical shoppe was the back room reserved for the fashion conscious mystic.
Sheâd been on her way to her second job on Broadway St, near the Tenderloin where she was an exotic dancer. Pansy had unexpectedly met with some territorial prostitutes on a corner near the wharf who thought she was invading their assigned streets. A brawl ensued... and that was how sheâd landed herself in the districtâs police office glaring at the detective behind the glass wall who refused to acknowledge her existence for the better part of two hours.Â
Pansy silently cursed him in her head, knowing that this little stay would cost her a well-paying moonlighting job, the very one that kept her in the black and paying rent on time.