24 Mar 2021, 14:17
Let's Meet!
This is the first Pets and Pals get together, all pets and people are welcome! Under this is the set-up! All things Michael has gotten, he has asked his personal house-elf for.
IC date: April 18, day after arrival
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Michael groaned as he moved the last table, he has underestimated how heavy they were. He was happy when he got it into place because it was the last one. He looked around, the 3 picnic tables he was going to use for club items were still empty but were in place, as were the 2 picnic tables he was using as seats for his members.
Alala was watching him from her spot in the box that held all his things, the treats for pets, the toys, and the bag. Luckily he decided to wait for the food. Alala had been in the box since he got everything together during the break, spending why more than a few galleons on all the things he decided to bring.
He signed as he walked over to her, kneeling and petting her head, "Ready to make some friends?" he said to her softly, smiling as she turned her head to lick his hand. He'd take that as a yes.
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An hour later, and he was completely done getting things ready. At the moment, he had a cat down, bouncing a small plastic mouse of a string, as Alala sat in his lap, clawing at it with eagerness.
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25 Mar 2021, 04:18
Let's Meet!
Navigating Hogwarts was not an easy task. Twists and turns lay around every corner making the large castle seem well, large. Endless possibilities for injuries silently wait for some clumsy student to spin around to quickly and end up on the ground. The halls were a death trap which led to student's destination be the medical wing instead of their designated classrooms. Annie had her fair share of trips and stumbles but was getting the hang of it. It had been several weeks since winter break and with some difficulty she managed to make her way to and from classes and rooms with ease like the rest of the bustling students.
Her fingertips traced the wall, feeling a curve come up signifies a turn or an abrupt stop and sharp corner means a dead end else she would smack face first into the brick. The feelings of the walls also differed. The main hall was marble, smooth and relatively clean. As the hallways narrowed and spread out to different directions it became rougher, especially as the floors went up. The marble got replaced with brick or semi-smooth stone of which had some cracks or chips in at some points. Besides the sense of touch, her hearing had also improved. In long hallways if she was unsure where to turn or how long they actually were she counted her foot steps. As she neared the wall, her footsteps grew quieter, not bouncing off the walls as loudly as before. It was a good indicator and in a sense she felt like a bat and how they used echolocation. They were rather smart creatures, her mother always referred to them as flying rats which made Annie chuckle.
A hoot startled her from her thoughts, remembering she held Eiryk, her Indian Eagle Owl on her left shoulder, her right hand outstretched feeling for the wall. He occasionally made an alarmed chirp which told her to stop or move so she wouldn't end up with a bruised nose. Her right hand moved to ruffle his feathers before finding their comfortable place along the wall, tracing it as her shoes tapped along the floor. There had been news that Annie heard, and she may be blind but not deaf. A new club was starting up by a courageous first year, Slytherin boy perhaps if she remembered correctly. She wasn't all that interested in clubs but what had peeked her interest was that it was a pet get together type thing. Hesitantly she gathered all the information, the location, starting time and what to bring if anything and took off.
Her hand moved from the cool walls to the wooden texture of a door. She wiggled her hand around trying to find the door handle and finally found the hard brass in her hand before pulling it open. She scanned the room, as she had got in the habit of doing, still not used to seeing nothing even as she moved her head. Annie cleared her throat and took another step in, the door closing quietly behind her. "Ehm.. H'lo is this the Pets and Pals club meet area?" She spoke awkwardly, shifting her weight in her feet nervously.
The girl didn't expect to be greeted over enthusiastically but she blinked as silence greeted her. Eiryk ruffled his feathers on her shoulder and she bit her lip, stepping into the wide room. There were no walls near her so she walked awkwardly as if she were a toddler or a very bad trapeze artist. A soft pillow type object brushed her leg and she felt it's material, running it between her fingers figuring out it was probably a bed or cushion to sit on. She extended her arm for Eiryk to waddle down but he took off with a few flaps from her shoulder over to the treat table she didn't know existed. "Oi you little rascal! Hmph.." Annie frowned, as his feathers silenced his flight. He would come back to her when she called, luckily but for now he was probably either hungry or exploring the new room as one does. The brunette shrugged and took a seat on the pet bed that she had wandered upon earlier. A soft sigh escaped her mouth as she played with her thumbs in silence, thoughts consuming her once again.
Her fingertips traced the wall, feeling a curve come up signifies a turn or an abrupt stop and sharp corner means a dead end else she would smack face first into the brick. The feelings of the walls also differed. The main hall was marble, smooth and relatively clean. As the hallways narrowed and spread out to different directions it became rougher, especially as the floors went up. The marble got replaced with brick or semi-smooth stone of which had some cracks or chips in at some points. Besides the sense of touch, her hearing had also improved. In long hallways if she was unsure where to turn or how long they actually were she counted her foot steps. As she neared the wall, her footsteps grew quieter, not bouncing off the walls as loudly as before. It was a good indicator and in a sense she felt like a bat and how they used echolocation. They were rather smart creatures, her mother always referred to them as flying rats which made Annie chuckle.
A hoot startled her from her thoughts, remembering she held Eiryk, her Indian Eagle Owl on her left shoulder, her right hand outstretched feeling for the wall. He occasionally made an alarmed chirp which told her to stop or move so she wouldn't end up with a bruised nose. Her right hand moved to ruffle his feathers before finding their comfortable place along the wall, tracing it as her shoes tapped along the floor. There had been news that Annie heard, and she may be blind but not deaf. A new club was starting up by a courageous first year, Slytherin boy perhaps if she remembered correctly. She wasn't all that interested in clubs but what had peeked her interest was that it was a pet get together type thing. Hesitantly she gathered all the information, the location, starting time and what to bring if anything and took off.
Her hand moved from the cool walls to the wooden texture of a door. She wiggled her hand around trying to find the door handle and finally found the hard brass in her hand before pulling it open. She scanned the room, as she had got in the habit of doing, still not used to seeing nothing even as she moved her head. Annie cleared her throat and took another step in, the door closing quietly behind her. "Ehm.. H'lo is this the Pets and Pals club meet area?" She spoke awkwardly, shifting her weight in her feet nervously.
The girl didn't expect to be greeted over enthusiastically but she blinked as silence greeted her. Eiryk ruffled his feathers on her shoulder and she bit her lip, stepping into the wide room. There were no walls near her so she walked awkwardly as if she were a toddler or a very bad trapeze artist. A soft pillow type object brushed her leg and she felt it's material, running it between her fingers figuring out it was probably a bed or cushion to sit on. She extended her arm for Eiryk to waddle down but he took off with a few flaps from her shoulder over to the treat table she didn't know existed. "Oi you little rascal! Hmph.." Annie frowned, as his feathers silenced his flight. He would come back to her when she called, luckily but for now he was probably either hungry or exploring the new room as one does. The brunette shrugged and took a seat on the pet bed that she had wandered upon earlier. A soft sigh escaped her mouth as she played with her thumbs in silence, thoughts consuming her once again.
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25 Mar 2021, 21:59
Let's Meet!
Henry have isolated himself since April 4th. Hardly anyone saw the boy since a howler was deliver shouting at him that he was the reason his twin sister was missing. It has been four days since that incident and unusually Henry skipped all his classes and meals, he spent every moment alone in his bun room that laid in his dormitory or in the library searching for any information he could find on the Knights because he was determined to find his twin and also who the Knights were.
Henry sat on the bottom bunk in his room that he shared in a black hoodie and jeans, writing in a journal with a ballpoint pen. Currently the thirteen year old hasn't been that successful with his findings but just like he was obsessive with perfecting his craft in dueling, he was now obsessive with finding any information on the Knights.
Henry scribbled on the pages of the journal, the words were minuscule and cramped together while his orange feline; Loki sat at his feet.
Loki is 10 months old, still under a year and technically still a kitten. Only thing was the feline was alone with Henry instead of playing outside or with other pets. Usually the feline found company in the other cats of the Snape dormitory; Kioshi which belonged to Selim and Alala who belonged to Michael but that day Loki had other plans.
Loki would give a short meow in which Henry would only say"not now Loki, I'm busy boy," the cat wasn't pleased with this response and he would bat the pen from the second year's hand causing to him to eye the cat as he spoke" stop it Loki, this is important."
Loki gave another meow but this time Henry just ignored his feline so he jumped from the bed and crawled underneath the bunk.
The orange cat would pull a costume that looked like the one the character Loki would wear in the muggle movies before carrying it in his mouth and jumping back on the bottom bunk. The feline would drop it on Henry's journal and give a longer more annoyed meow.
Henry looked up and remembered that the per club that Michael ran and Loki somehow sign up for was today but at the current moment he couldn't go so Henry pushed the costume off his leg and spoke" Loki this is more important, I have to find her. It's... it's... it's my fault she out there and I have to find her," that was the first time besides the 14th when he only told his best friend that he said those words.
Henry felt a pain in his stomach and then a pain on his knuckle got Loki starched it and nicked it. The second year stared at his feline and figured he should go since it has been a while since the boy been anywhere besides from his dormitory and the library.
Henry would set his journal and pen aside, brush back a few strands of hair, and because his orange feline wanted it; put the costume on him which was a fabric hat and a cape.
The thirteen year old then left the dormitory and started to make his way through the castle, he would pull his hood over his head and continue to walk with Loki by his side.
Once once the place, the second year would give a smile and nod toward Michael as Loki first looked around looking for someone... Henry assumed Rose's cat; Chaska maybe before the orange feline would run over to Alala.
Once he would reach her, Loki would almost stand proud in his costume as if he was proud of it before licking the top of the other kitten's head a few times.
Loki then gave a meow and batted at the toy Alala add before running toward the picnic table and jumping onto the bench, the feline would then look back toward the only one cat there so far.
Henry watched the scene happen from the sidelines before another came who seen to have a bit difficulty seeing almost, Henry would approach her with a small smile as he spoke" yeah this is the right club, uh would you like some help?"
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
31 Mar 2021, 14:23
Let's Meet!
Pets and Pals. She had wanted to go to the Pets and Pals meeting ever since she had seen that it was going to be a thing. Chaska had almost been more excited once she got the sense that something exciting was going to be happening today. Rose brushed her that morning to get any tangles out that Chaska's morning grooming of herself missed, smoothing down her silvery and silky fur and then telling her to follow her out of Gryffindor Tower.
Rose was pretty sure she had trained Chaska well. Whenever they were going somewhere, normally on the grounds, Rose would only have to tell her, "Let's go!" and Chaska would follow her wherever she was going. Whenever Chaska was doing something Rose didn't want her to do, Rose would tell her "no," and that would normally be the end of that. She could tell her to "come" or to "stay." And if Rose walked through the castle clicking her tongue, then Chaska would make her way to the redhead. It hadn't been easy in some cases- no, it had required a lot of treats and effort to train Chaska. But Rose talked to Chaska a lot, and so using the same words over and over with consistency had successfully trained the kitten. So it had only taken Rose getting up from her bed, patting her leg, and saying, "Let's go," for Chaska to follow her outside, staying right next to her as they walked.
They stepped outside, and Rose breathed in the fresh spring air. She was glad that spring was coming. It meant warmer weather. But there was also pollen, which made everybody sneeze more. A lot of people were allergic to pollen, but Rose wasn't exactly. She sneezed whenever the dust blew in her face, but she didn't have any other allergic reactions to it- her eyes didn't start hurting, she didn't itch- though she wasn't sure if just sneezing because of the pollen made you allergic or not.
Chaska paused, her nose in the air and her whiskers twitching. "What is it?" Chaska's eyes lit up and then she bounded forward a few paces, looking back at Rose. Rose walked behind her as the cat led the two of them towards the Pets and Pals meeting place. She could see three people that she knew- Michael, Henry, and Annie. She had only met Annie and Michael briefly, but she knew Henry very well- he was one of her best friends. Chaska also knew Henry's cat, Loki very well.
That was why she tackled him. Well, she saw him about to jump up onto the bench and decided to tackle him right as he was in the air, stopping him from successfully getting up on the bench. Right after she pushed him over, she bounced away from him and to Henry, peeking out from behind the Slytherin's legs. She then rubbed herself against Henry, a purr erupting from her throat. Rose smiled. Chaska was such a happy cat. Rose walked the rest of the way towards the people who had come. Henry was offering to help Annie. Rose knew Annie was blind, which had to be very inconvenient to her. Rose decided she would discreetly help her whenever she could. She kept an eye on what seemed to be Annie's owl.
"Hey guys," she said. "How's it going?"
After getting affection from Henry and dodging any retaliation from Loki, Chaska went over and approached Annie, who was now sitting on a pet bed. She mewed to Annie when she was about a foot away from the brunette, stepping forward and placing a fluffy paw on Annie's knee.