Blossomfest The Lake Event

mentions Serena, Marcia and includes Glen and Edric

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Alan was confused he had just arrived and even asked for what was going on. Well maybe he did not notice that there were people fighting, but he was not a seer or ssomething like that. Should he have noticed the fight and tried to stop it though? The girl pushed something into his hands and he nearly dropped it in surprise, before he was ale to get a hold on what he supposed was pizza, just from the smell from it.

He looked down and noticed that it indeed was a box of pizza that the brunette had pushed into his hold before she herself intervened with whatever was going on around the others. While the other were busy fighting he could see the book in the water, that the girl had involuntarily dropped into the Great lake and it was the same girl that had been so sensitive when she just dropped the book onto the ground because of him. It didn't even bend the cover or anything but the book must be important to the girl, so while the other people tried to intervene with the people, he stepped to the lake. In one hand he was holding the slice of pizza on a plate and with the other he was trying to retrieve the wand from the holster.

When he got a hold of it he took it out and gave a swish and flick while muttering the words, ”Wingardium Leviosa”[Roll 19] and it was a success, more than that. Alan seemed to actually have some control over the spell as he raised his arm, the one holding the wand, while his eyes never left the object. But keeping the book steady was a problem as Alan soon noticed his control over the spell was decreasing [roll 1] so he quickly swished his hands to not let the book drop into the lake once again.

However now it was threatening to drop to the ground, making the young Gryffindor groan in frustration as he attempted to leap towards the object and catch it safely, which his agility and reflexes allowed him to do, as he caught the book before dropping it to the ground. He was holding the book in both of his hands, safely and hoped the water did not too much damage.

...wait both?

Alan looked at his hands, his hands clutching the book and his wand. Alan then looked to the ground where he was standing a few feet away from the Lake with the slice of pizza dropped to the floor, where he dropped in order to catch the book. Heat rose into his face as he looked at the group of Slytherins and the Hufflepuff, hoping she would not be mad at him that he dropped the pizza but he did not want the book to be ruined completely either. Gladly the Pizza was within a box meaning it would not be that bad, maybe a bit of the cheese slid off but the Pizza box seemed fine and the lid did not open, so Alan quickly picked it up, feeling bad nonetheless.

Interactions: mentions Edric, Marcia & Serena

He winced as the older student hit the ground.

Glen hung his head and sighed. Why, oh, why did he had to get dragged out of the common room by his conscience? He should've just stayed put and enjoyed a quiet evening – and damn the consequences. But no, he had listen to his (obviously, possibly misplaced) sense of duty and make an attempt on attending that stupid waste of an event. And he hadn't even made it there and still, trouble found him.

He slouched. He didn't want to deal with this. But he probably would have to get involved now. Maybe if he threatened them with some punishment, that would be enough? He didn't want to report them or assign anything... after all, he wasn't exactly supposed to be here either.

Not that he wasn't allowed here, no, it was nowhere near curfew yet, but still. He didn't mind his prefect work but he just wanted to chill. He should've just bounced as soon as he heard angry or desperate yells in between the playful ones. But now it was too late, wasn't it?

Had the former prefect (if he'd been right about that) girl waved at him to catch his attention to what was going on? If so, he really couldn't just walk away, could he? And even if she didn't – maybe she waved to the boy sitting somewhere in between – that didn't really change anything.

Splash.

He whipped his head toward the sound of something hitting the water. Did the guy throw something into the lake?? Oh no, was that a book? Merlin, please don't be a Library book.He shook his head at himself. Not the point, he reminded himself.

He stared at the scene in horror as it devolved into a full-on fight. He froze as the older boy attacked his classmate in retaliation and was in turn attacked by the girl that had come running after him.

Oh, bloody hell.

Glen decided to get a grip and grumbled to himself, annoyed. Then he shook off his reluctance and made his way over to intervene, even if the second girl seemed to already be trying to defuse the situation.

Stats: Strength: 9 | Agility: 12 | Control: 7 | Stamina: 7

Interaction: Thomas Lestrange

The lukewarm butter beer filled his belly. Most might consider warm and slightly stale beer a turn off, but Howard wouldn’t know any different. Give it a few more years. The sweet liquid sent a feeling of warmth through his body, his head growing a little fuzzy. He felt calm, something he rarely was these days. As he polished off the second bottle, he let his arms fall to his side, the empty beer falling from his fingertips into the water, floating away behind him. He tilted his head to the sky and closed his eyes, reveling in this moment of quiet peacefulness. Nothing good lasts.

“Hey you!” A girl’s voice would carry across the water. Howard’s eyes opened a little slow. A group of older students were near by, further out in the water. “If you can have our beer, you can join us. C’mon dude! Kelli thinks your cuuuute!” Howard would not respond verbally. His right hand would raise into a rather rude gesture. Movement behind him would draw his attention.

”DUDE, Howard, YES.”

Dear god! It was none other than Thomas Lestrange. Their interactions together had been largely influenced by rage and violence, but tonight the boy approached with a rather silly expression on his face. His usual brooding replaced with a dumb smile. Howard spotted a butter beer in his hand, obviously not his first.

”Hold my beer.” Thomas held it out as he passed, barely giving Howard a second to react. The bottle would slip from his hand, crashing to the ground.

“Thomas! What the hell man. What a waste.”

The other boy barely seemed to notice as he quickly waded out to waist deep water. His silly expression turned to one of immense relief. One that any man might recognize.

“Dude! Are you takin a piss! Don’t look at me. Turn around you git!”

As the lights and music of the Dancefloor faded out, Nico took her time to make her way to the Lake. It wasn't anything new. She had come here before for sketching and drawing. The scene was breathtaking. Except she had never been out here after dark. Well, only to give two students detention who had started a fire on the shore.

Nico breathed in deeply, Pip did the same. He liked to mimmic her. It was a way for him to get to know her better and better. As the Slytherin did so, she stretched out her arms, reaching for the sky. The evening was still young. Anything was possible. She shook her head slowely as she threw her arms down again. Even to her that sounded cheesy.

On her way down, voices echoed from the distance. Apparantly a whole lot of students already decided to spend their evening/night here. Pip snarled softly, his fluffy poofing up immensely. Her hand gently stroked his back. It was Pips first time out and immediately he had to handle her panic attacks and strangers.

'It's okey, Pip. We'll be okey.' She scratched the back of his head. 'Especially now you're here.' He squeeked happily.

Arriving at the source of the voices, Nico carefully scanned the area. She saw some familiar faces: two kids she gave detention too for example. The Huffelpuff was screaming:''...prick-Goddamn kid! Kaegen! He injured me! He injured so many others! He-why!?"

Nico had already stopped in her tracks, standing out of sight, a perfect spot to observe the others. Hearing the Ravenclaws name drop, made her stomach curl. She did hear something about an incident in the abandoned toilets, but for some reason she tried to ... refuse that happened. He probably had a reason.. Is how she justified his actions.

She couldn't bear to hear them discuss him. On the other hand she felt the need to defend the Ravenclaw but on the other hand she felt no need to pull any unwanted attention. Whatever happened, happened. No body can change it.

Pip rubbed Nico's cheek. 'S-Sorry, I was slipping again weren't I?' She ruffled his furr and walked passed the exceptionally loud gossiping group. Maybe there were some students she actually knew around here.

Nico noticed a group with some more familiar faces, the good kind. It was kinda getting darker but she thought she could see Serena and... Alan? The Slytherin hid behind a tree, to observe the scene. She wasn't entirely sure how to approach them at this point.

Its been a while since the last time Alex got out on a nice walk, too long in fact. All his time spent on burring his head into books or trying to catch up with Erin's constant shenanigans. He however didn't hear the news about the dance, it must have slipped him, much like so many other things lately. The cool breeze of the evening night brushing through his robes would sometimes cause the collar to stick to his face, it was too loose to his liking, but he'd occasionally brush it back off. He could see light in the distance, various lights in fact, alternating in color far away from the castle.

"That's odd, is there a party of some sort out there? Might as well check it out"

The thought occurred to him for a brief moment, it didn't take him long to realize that he was already heading that way, as if his legs had a mind of their own. The scenery was definitely something else, there was quite a bit of chatter, but no familiar faces. He would walk through the crowd which at first glance were typical for those kinds of events, but something caught his attention. A voice louder than most, somewhere up ahead. He started picking his pace and the blond kid found the source. It was one of those Hufflepuff kids yelling at someone, he couldn't immediately see who it was, the huffle blocked the view.

"Man, look at him go, whatever it is they did, that's a bit excessive, better put a stop to it before it gets out of hand"

He started to go around the kid, and it appears that the victim is a Slytherin girl. Kinda pretty too. He didn't get a good look at the Hufflepuff though, not yet, but without realizing his arm was already extended to the kid, attempting to grip his shoulder and violently yank it towards him to force the kid to face Alex.

"Hey there bud, your voice gives me a headache, mind dropping those tones for me?"

He was talking without thinking, he was smiling but it was clearly fake, more of a curtsy for a stranger picking on another. Maybe some of Erin's violent personality rubbed off on him, maybe he just wanted to help the Slytherin escape the abuse, but surely he dislikes the rubbish this kid was spewing most of all.

Stamina: 10 | Agility: 8 | Strength: 12 | Control: 5

Ruka is affected by Veritaserum

Rowan. Screeched.

A full on screech, that made a good portion of people's gaze whip to them in both concern and confusion. He went bright red, making it even worse as he shoved against Miko's chest, glaring. 

"You little sh*t! You suck! Gods above and below the only thing I told you to do was not drop me! You scared me half to death!" 

His anger.. or whatever it was was short lived though, as he wrapped his arms around his neck again and hid his face in his chest, embarrassed. He almost missed what Celynne said too. Though as Miko said his part, he remembered what she had said. 

"Yeah. There's a growing list of things my father is going to murder me for eventually. I'm actually kinda surpised he hasn't sent a howler at some point durring the year yet. Though I suppose he's too sophisticated for such a 'barbaric' form of communication."

Rowan did air quotes around barbaric, laughing softly. Let's see, there was elena, there was miko, there was his appearance, there was the wheelchair, there was the fact that he was in ROAM... ahh.. he would be so pissed at him when he saw the male next.