10 Chapter 10: Breakfast, Plan, Shopping and Cleaning.
Waking up from a blissful night's rest, Solomon stretched his arms and back. Looking around the room the idea of being in England finally settled in.
With a pop, Jooby appeared in the room, "Good morning Master Solly!" he said in a cheerful voice.
"Good morning Jooby!" replied Solomon.
"Breakfast is ready Master Solly," said Jooby all too happy.
"Thank you Jooby, I will be down to eat after washing up," replied Solomon making his way to the bathroom.
As he turned the door noob he remembered and called out to Jooby, "Make sure to bring yourself a plate of breakfast Jooby," which made Jooby on the way to the kitchen stumble a bit.
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At the breakfast table, plates can be seen devoured by the two, or at least in Solomon's section of the table there were multiple plates.
"That was great breakfast Jooby," praised Solomon as he took deep sighs of contentment, rubbing his bulging belly.
"Master Solly is too kind," replied the pleased Jooby.
With a snap of his fingers, Jooby flashed the plates away as Solomon gathered his thoughts on the plan for the day.
"Okay, Jooby today we shall have a busy day ahead of us! Can you take me to Diagon Alley?" questioned Solomon.
"Yes Master Solly!" replied Jooby.
Solomon then told Jooby the plan for the day:
First, Jooby will be cleaning and organizing the trunk full of supplies. Being extra careful with the weapons. Solomon wanted to know how much gold and diamonds he had.
Second, Solomon will be going shopping for a suit, some formal wear, and items for Jooby. Solomon of course did not tell Jooby about this part and only said it was for himself.
Third, after Solomon returned with the supplies Jooby will pop off to Gringortts informing them his master will be coming and that he will be under the Polyjuice Potion for safety. If it was not allowed he would have to wait for it to wear off. He did not need more enemies especially if that enemy was a goblin. Having an enemy like that would doom him in this country.
Fourth, they would go to Diagon Alley to open a vault in the bank and deposit what they had. Hopefully, they can exchange the gold and diamonds for galleons. Another thing to ask is if they do an inheritance test as Solomon remembered a few fanfictions going into such details. Those tales were often trashy as the random mc would have the inheritance to all of Hogwarts and ancient lines that were far extinct. In addition, to see if they provided any other services or if it was only a bank.
"Does that sound good Jooby?" asked Solomon as he finished going over the plan to the young elf.
"Yes, Master Solly. Jooby bes taking care of it!" responded Jooby.
"Thank you Jooby! I'll be back in a few hours to help" Solomon said as he drank a new batch of Polyjuice with Faraji's hair. Transforming into the Faraji, Solomon made his way out of the hotel and into London.
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His first stop was a store that sold suits, taking a stroll through the city and asking the pedestrians nearby for any such store Solomon was finally recommended one. It was not far from the hotel as he made his way to the store. After a short walk, he came across the store and read the storefront: Hawes & Curtis Suits.
Solomon walked around the store picking out a few nice pieces of clothing. The clerk made his way to Solomon, "Good morning sir, how can I be of assistance?" asked the clerk.
"Good morning, Jason. I would like to purchase a few suits for me and my son," Solomon replied looking at Jason's nametag.
Jason helped Solomon with the process of getting him measured to find the right suit. After getting Solomon's details such as height, arm length, and width. He grabbed a few suits.
Solomon tried on a nice Brown, Navy, Grey, and Black suit in the dressing room. After a bit, Solomon finally chose the Brown and Black suits as they made him stand out a bit more.
When the shopping for himself was done Solomon took time to look for a nice outfit for Jooby. Buying him a small butler three-piece suit that was probably made for laughs and giggles, so dads could match with their sons. Solomon chose to get Jooby 3 different colored suits and 2 scarves. After making his purchase Solomon made his way to a bookstore.
There he bought an assortment of different books topics such as Learning the Alphabet, a dictionary, a book on grammar, How to Cook - with recipes from all around the work, How to Sew clothes, and How to Serve - a guide on butlering. Solomon thought he could teach the young elf about different things. The most important things he could think of were Food, making his own clothes, and learning the actual language.
Spending a lot of money he brought in the two hours, Solomon made his way back to the hotel. He checked in at the front desk and proceeded to his room. Walking in he put the stuff he bought on the chair near the door.
Seeing that the room was empty except for his suitcase Solomon made his way to the suitcase and went inside. He saw Jooby popping around as he clean up the mess in the room that held the stolen goods.
"Hey, Jooby how is it coming along?" Solomon asked.
"Master Solly! Jooby bes almost done" Jooby replied not wanting to get away from his task.
"Sounds good, Jooby. I will be going to the study to drop these bags off. Please let me know when you are finished," said Solomon making his way to the study down the hall.
30 minutes later -
"Master Solly, Jooby bes finishing," Jooby said popping into the study.
"That is great Jooby, why don't you lead me there" Replied Solomon as he followed along.
Making their way to the room Solomon first dumped everything back in Bamako.
Solomon saw that everything was grouped up and semi-organized into different categories. Looking at everything it was pretty amazing since Jooby only had 2 hours. If all this was left to Solomon it would definitely take him a lot longer to get everything done.
Looking down at the beaming Jooby, he could not help but think that Jooby was extremely small barely reaching his knees in this form.
"Tell me what each group is Jooby and how did you organzine it?" asked Solomon.
"Master Solly, Jooby bes organizing it into different groups: Leafs(Money), Galleon(Gold), Sickle (Silver), Knifes + Boom (Weapons), Jewelry, and Shiny rocks(Diamonds)" Jooby responded jumping back and forth.
"You did wonderfully Jooby," Solomon said as he praised Jooby for his work. A happy and healthy elf would be a loyal elf, as a smile plastered on Jooby's face. Solomon looked out the window and saw it was almost sunset as it was winter, it got dark earlier. Solomon had Jooby follow him into his study where he showed Jooby what he had bought earlier. Getting down to Jooby's level Solomon began explaining the items he bought.
"Jooby I bought you some stuff," Solomon explained slowly. Pulling out the black three-piece suit Jooby's eyes went wide.
"Master Solly, what bes this?" Jooby asked with his head tilting side to side.
"This right he is a suit, I bought you 3 different suits," Solomon explained slowly.
"You will wear this during the day and wear these different pajamas during the night to sleep," Solomon continued pulling out more and more clothes for Jooby. Jooby's whole body started to shake. Seeing the young elf might break down, Solomon slowly explained the difference between a gift and releasing Jooby from service with clothing.
After what seemed like ages and finally getting Jooby to understand that Solomon was not releasing him, Jooby finally tried on the black three-piece suit.
"You look great Jooby," Solomon cheered Jooby.
"Thank yous, Master Solly," Jooby replied beaming from the praise.
"Now you look like an elf that can represent me at Gringotts," Solomon said to Jooby who stood up straighter.
Looking at the time Solomon knew that the sun was about to set. Solomon took around 30 minutes to explain the plan to Jooby so he could get more information from Gringotts.
"Did you understand the plan Jooby?" asked Solomon after the explanation was done.
"Yes Master Solly, yous be wanting Jooby to ask goblin if master Solly be going with Poly potion for secret if goblin says No. Jooby bes asking what they provided. Get a book with information and bes asking for a private room. If the goblin says yes. Jooby be coming back for Master Solly," Jooby retold the plan to Solomon.
"Okay Jooby, good luck," Solomon said seriously as he could be, but a smile crept in as he saw the young elf go -
*Pop*
