Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 4 Closed

Moderation Post - Round 1

For whatever reason, students had gathered near enough to each other and the game of Spin the bottle had started. Apparently. I don't see anyone but you know, you're all there for some reason and one of you was handed a bottle. You might have been roped in, you might have chosen this. But whatever happens, it's now your responsibility!

Lydia Cooper was probably thinking of that cute Durmstrang boy, Arjan Oberoi, from Capture the flag last year but... alas, he was not around. (She most likely did not even remember him, to be honest but she should!) but instead of Arjan (or most likely Rafael), she ended up spinning the bottle and getting one Starlee Kennedy.

You really do have to wonder if other schools are like this or if this was a Hogwarts special... What did Felix Kolbeck and Theodore Duncain end up thinking about Hogwarts? So much kissing and so much fighting. It seemed like that was the only two hobbies students here had! Well, now it was their turn to kiss - or not.

Greta Fransson was a sweetheart, who may or may not have understood the rules of this game. Hopefully, her English had improved though so she could actually communicate more easily! But maybe she did not need to worry. She had just spun the bottle and it landed on the lovely Willow Anderson. But love has no language, right? Perhaps this would be the start of something special. Willow was most likely just hoping for anyone but that one Jack Warren, the boy she set on fire and also dated.

Rhea Miller and Simon Kincaid quickly found themselves paired up as Rhea spun next. They were faced together with a vital question playing out as everyone else stared at them, waiting to see what they did.

Gabriella Haworth spun the bottle. It went round and round till it eventually started to slow down, landing on Jack Warren. Would he be disappointed or relieved it was not his ex-girlfriend? Why were they playing the game together?! Oh, wait - my bad. () I guess I know why.

Alec Mason was next to spin the bottle, it circled at least five times before finally stopping on Sarah Lightwood.

Everyone says they don't have a favourite and they should not. However, it looked like fate had something to say for the Major Ethen Emrys and Lieutenant Atlas Reid. Was it just a friendship or was there something more in their adorable relationship? Time to find out! Fate has spoken. Time to answer the call, Major and Lieutenant - this is your mission.

Haley Rose spun the empty bottle, watching it spin round and round. It took a hot second but it did stop, pointing directly at one Anja Murtaja. Ohh, what would happen now?

This Round's Pairings

@Lydia Cooper and @Starlee Kennedy
iNPC Felix Kolbeck (@Winnie Harper) and Theodore Duncain (@Opeila Winters)
iNPC Greta Fransson (@Evelynn Decipio) and @Willow Anderson
@Rhea Miller and @Simon Kincaid
@Gabriella Haworth and @Jack Warren
@Alec Mason and @Sarah Lightwood
@Ethen Emrys and @Atlas Reid
@Haley Rose and @Anja Murtaja

Make your choices. Will you kiss your partner or not? Now is the time to decide!

For this round, you have all been paired with one person so everyone has a chance to post. Depending on activity, you may be given more rolls each round or extra time to post etc.

You have until 26th July to post.

Note: You do NOT have to post in order. Please post whenever you can. I have just put the rolls in order but you don't have to post in that same order at all.

- Open to interactions -
-Mentioning: @Starlee Kennedy -
- Action: leaning in to see if Starlee decided to kiss her or not-

When she had reached the Slumber party, Lydia did not imagine herself getting caught up in a Spin the bottle game. She had never played the game before, but she saw movies and read books, so she knew what it was about; she could have chosen to walk away once the bottle appeared in the middle of the circle, but instead Lydia decided to give it a try, and see what would happen.

The group of people she was in was made of several familiar faces, like Willow, Atlas or Alec Mason; there was even a girl from Durmstrang that Lydia had seen the previous year during the Capture the Flag game; all of the other faces looked pretty new or vaguely familiar, but maybe that was for the best. This way if the situation would have gotten awkward, at least there was nobody that she knew too well there that could tease her about this in the future -with the exception of the fellow Duelling Captain of course.

Once it was her turn, Lydia spinned the bottle, following it with her eyes glued to it. It landed on a girl that she didn't know. For a second, the red headed girl was taken aback; she had never thought about kissing girls, all her experience was based on the two kisses she had given -to the same boy- and she wasn't even sure if she liked girls. The thought however did not "scare" her, or bothered her; she always believed that everyone should be able to love whoever they wanted to, also thanks to her growing up in Brighton where the LGBT community was pretty strong.

Lydia took a small breath before she offered to the other girl a small smile; she then leaned in, giving to the blonde girl the opportunity to make her choice, and showing her that if she wanted to, she would have been okay with them kissing.

Life at camp was all about making new and interesting memories, however, Ethen had not quite expected the evening’s slumber party to devolve into a game of spin the bottle. He couldn’t recall if he or Atlas had suggested joining in but somehow the boy found himself sitting in a circle with a small retinue of other students with a bottle at the center to play the age-old game of spin the bottle. He recognized some of the faces from Quidditch or seeing their faces around the school, even the vague familiarity of the faces helped to quell any nerves Ethen had with partaking in the game.

He didn’t truly have any qualms about the game and had never backed down from a challenge, so he did not anticipate he would suddenly freeze to nerves over something as trivial as a kiss. Sure, he had only ever kissed a single girl, but he couldn’t imagine the other faces in the circle were too terrifying. If anything, Ethen thought it might be quite entertaining to see the embarrassment or nerves on the faces of his peers.

When it came time for Ethen to let the bottle fly, he gave it a nice spin and waited with bated breath for the small item to cease its spinning. A wide smile spread across Ethen’s lips as the bottle halted on an absolutely gorgeous young blonde girl. The almost ethereal being was undoubtedly the one that Ethen had most hoped to kiss. His eyes lingered on Atlas for several moments as he allowed himself to fully fawn over the girl. It didn’t matter that he had kissed Atlas countless times, each time still held that spark of perfection that allowed his heart to quicken.

“I’m sorry Atlas, I know you must be horrified but I cannot disobey the bottle. I am going to need a kiss,” he said with a smirk. Without further hesitation, Ethen leaned forward towards Atlas to await a much desired kiss. However, he would have found it particularly hilarious if the girl decided to reject him in front of everyone. He would find his payback if that was the case, but he doubted she would deny him...at least for now.

Actions: Happily leaning forward to give @Atlas Reid a passion filled kiss unless he is rejected!

Interacting with @Lydia Cooper
Mentioning: @Sarah Lightwood, @Willow Anderson & @Elizabeth Isaacs as Emile LeDoux

Starlee wasn't sure how spin the bottle started. What she was sure of, was that she was totally unsure of the entire situation. Starlee had sat down alongside the group of students - most of which she didn't know, except for two. And even those two she didn't know well. Sarah Lightwood she recognized from duelling practices, and Willow from the oh-so-long-ago field day. That still wasn't enough to warrant a kiss for either of them, and truthfully, she was saving her first kiss for someone... well... special. She eyed everyone awkwardly as the chatter ensued, wondering how she ended up here.

Her mind ended up drifting off to the French boy she had finally met on the train: Emile LeDoux. They had had some fun adventures together this summer camp. She wished he had been placed in her cabin, and she wished he was here at the slumber party, and that the bottle could magically land on him. Now that would be a lucky first kiss.

A girl she didn't know took the initiative to spin the bottle first. Starlee sat there silently, her head rotating along with the bottles spinning... until it stopped directly in front of her. She looked up at the girl. She was... quite lovely actually. She wasn't sure what it was, but she had a sort of 'draw' that Starlee had never encountered before. But... she didn't even know her! It wasn't even so much the issue of kissing a girl - she certainly found herself particularly more enamored with boys, but she didn't care what anyone else did. Love is love.

The girl smiled at her and Starlee blushed. No... no... no... this wasn't really happening here, was it? The girl began to lean in, as if to kiss her. Her mind began to race. This girl, who she didn't even know her name, was totally and completely ready to kiss a stranger?? This wasn't what Starlee wanted... She couldn't do it, she simply couldn't.

Not realizing that hugging or simply kissing on the cheek was an option, as she was the first pairing, Starlee shot straight up, looking around at the people in the group, finally landing upon her would-be first kiss's face. "I- But- Name- Can't-" she sputtered, her face getting redder and redder. "I'M SORRY BUT I CAN'T DO IT!" she yelled at the group, while holding eye contact with Lydia. And then, feeling the hot embarrassment of it all, Starlee quickly turned and ran off, sprinting her way back toward the cabins to hide.

She felt bad, surely the girl didn't need to be yelled at for a kiss, but Starlee honestly had no idea what to do. Her confusion and nervousness took over, and yelling at Lydia seemed like the only viable option. She wanted her first kiss to be something special, not at a game of spin the bottle with a group of people she barely knew. As she ran away, tears began to form in her eyes. This wasn't how she wanted one of her last nights at camp to be, but here she was. Upset over an almost first kiss.

Action: Quite literally sprinting as far away as she can and leaving the thread
OOC: Hopefully this doesn't need to be said, but just in case, no ill will toward you Lydia! Perhaps you can actually meet Starlee another time

Mentions: Zykeal Lane, Calanthe Choi
Hex code:#A0A9B8
Written as if Alec has already entered the thread and was just chilling

Alec had found himself in a rather unique situation. One that involved the almost third-year being involved in spin the bottle. He wasn't going to back down after he was put in the situation either. So he sat there, watching as the bottle slowly spun around the circle. His surprise was more than clear when the boy had realized it was his turn. Having to actually pay attention to the scene set in front of him. The ignorance to the situation of that before had vanished as his eyes watched the bottle slowly spin. Fives time around the circle, he let out a small huff, the bottle was taking its dear sweet time. Finally on the last run around it had come to a halt. It had landed on a rather random girl he knew nothing of. Alec's eyes quickly centered the circle to look around. He'd found that either way there were very few he knew there at all if any.

His mind wandered for a moment. He wondered if this was going to cause a decrease in reputation as he made his way to his third year in school. This was likely a mistake. He wondered what the group would be wanting out of him as well. They'd all practically signed up for this depending on where they chose to sit. He'd been kissed before by a scary older girl. He'd kissed people before. He wondered if Gryff girl(Calanthe) was still mad, he'd never gotten the girl's name but maybe that was for a good reason. She didn't seem to like him all that much, his feelings towards her were rather indifferent, all that was spin the bottle.

Which lead to thoughts of why people cared so much about the acts of kissing another person. It was a little gross, Alec could understand that part. But why it was a huge deal was unknown to him. People around him growing up hadn't been fond of PDA or even acts of any affection at all, the results may have been different otherwise. Maybe the Zykeal incident would've helped remind him but those thoughts were long gone and banished from his mind. If he wasn't even fond of the idea why did he join? Was it because everyone else had been doing it?

The situation had always been quite puzzling in Alec's mind. Liking someone that way others' had described was puzzling.

Alec stood up finally, it hadn't been that long even if his mind had taken a long break to become distracted. Awkward but he assumed a somewhat charming smile as he reached her. If and when she got up, Alec would move to kiss her, except taking a trick from his dear old friend Zyk. Since actual kissing seemed to make people uncomfortable he figured doing it Zyk's way, no matter his motives that time, may have been Alec's best move. He cupped her cheek, as long as there wasn't too much discomfort right away from her end he'd movedto put a thumb over her lips, acting as a wall almost, and "kissed" her

If didn't seem completely uncomfortable with the situation after he'd playfully wink before he went back to his seat. Something the keep the atmosphere from feeling all that much more awkward, in Alec's mind, the wink made it feel more the way it was supposed to be.

Doing a Zykeal move and attempting pretending to kiss @Sarah Lightwood

And once again there seemed to be a game to play!
Reason enough for Theo to sign up no matter what this game contained and he did not regret his choice. Once the young Thunderbird arrived, a grin appeared on his face when his eyes landed on a familiar girl. He had hoped to get a chance to talk to Greta again this summer camp, but so far he had only seen her from afar.

It surprised him a little that she had signed up for a game that was mainly about kissing people, but then... there was always the possibility to run away. Would she run away if he spun her?
... Theodore banished those thoughts from his mind before they could get visible on his face. Instead he waved at her.

His attention was quickly taken by the bottle that everyone was spinning. Or... many. Theo himself didn't get to spin it, instead it pointed at him after a blond boy spun it. He looked a bit younger than Theo and er... well, seemed to know exactly what he wanted. Before Theo could understand what he meant, the boy had grabbed his chin an planted a kiss on his cheek.

After a second of surprise, Theo grinned and nodded. "Well, thanks for your consideration, mate. I don't think I caught your name?"

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𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠: @Haley Rose

---o𝑢𝑡𝑓𝑖𝑡: trousers+long sleeve turtleneck---

[font=Times New Roman]Anja didn't quite know how she had ended up at this game of spin the bottle. She hoped that she would at least get someone bearable to navigate the icy waters of spin the bottle with. However, as people spun the bottle and people began to pair off, Anja felt a growing sense of apprehension. Finally, the bottle came to Haley Rose, a Gryffindor she only knew of in passing, from quidditch matches. Haley spun the bottle, and as it came to rest on her, her stomach dropped. This girl was a Gryffindor, a third-year-to-be -- and not to mention the rumours that could be caused by this.

Anja didn't look around her -- she didn't want to see the expectant eyes -- but instead, she looked directly at Haley, studying her expression and her eyes. Growing up, her parents had never shown any act of public affection, and while she didn't necessarily object to others showing affection, she was uncomfortable with showing it herself. Besides, she'd never actually kissed someone. Continued looking at the girl, tilting her head to the side and not blinking. She could be rather disconcerting at times when she didn't break the eye contact.

It wasn't as if Anja hadn't considered her sexuality. Recently, she'd been feeling slightly warmer feelings than friendship towards her childhood friend, Hänne, but she had no way to tell her. She wondered what kind of person Haley was, and whether she was simply one of those shallow, sports obsessed Gryffindors, or whether she had more to her than just an interest in quidditch. She wasn't willing to enter into a relationship that could potentially lead to somethings more if Haley was a shallow person.

Then again, what did she really have to lose? She'd been fairly quiet throughout the year, but she wasn't about to go around kissing just any Gryffindor. She had a reputation to uphold.

She blinked, finally ending her stare. "I'm sorry Haley," she said, her tone cool, You won't be getting a kiss from me today."[/font]

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Action: Refusing a kiss

It was safe to say Gabriella had absolutely no clue what she was doing. She had signed up because she had thought it sounded fun. Spinning bottles. It was a strange game, for sure, and one she had never heard of, but as she began to think more and more about it she realised how fun spinning bottles could be. The Ravenclaw had a tendency to get competitive at the slightest thing - which was both a blessing and a curse, considering her Quidditch history - and it had begun to dawn on her that this game truly had potential, and by the time she had arrived she was sure she could spin the bottle the furthest.

However.

This, it seemed as she arrived, was not what the game was about at all. First off, she had been separated from Gia, which she was irritated about, and the only other person she knew was Rhea, and their relationship wasn't exactly the most comfortable. Just when she was plucking up the courage to talk to her - um, friend? I guess? - she found herself swept up in a completely different game from the one she was expecting.

Everyone else, it seemed, knew what they were doing. Some of them definitely looked uncomfortable, but at least for them it seemed they knew what they'd signed up for. Some sort of kissing game. As her face flushed red with embarrassment, her first thought, as so often, was about what her mother would say if she knew. Her second thought, with rather more urgency, was that she herself would have to kiss someone at some point. Gabriella bit her lip hard, and she felt the bitter taste of blood on her tongue. Great, she thought. That'll work out just fine when we're kissing. Who doesn't want to kiss a person whose mouth tastes like they've just been beaten up? She really needed to find out more about this game, and quickly.

She watched, dreading the moment when the bottle would come to her. As she watched, she realised some people were running away, and she wondered whether or not that was in the rules. Well, she realised, if I'm not the only one running away, I won't look so stupid, will I? Ok then. That's what I'm going to do.

Suddenly, she realised the bottle had been handed to her. Gabriella laid it on the ground and spinned it hard - she had come here to spin a bottle with force, and whatever the game actually was, she wasn't going to pass up on the game of her dreams - waiting with anticipation for it to land. Please not Rhea, she begged. Please not Rhea Miller, please not Rhea, please-

The bottle landed on a Hufflepuff boy. At least it was a boy, Gabby thought to herself. She hadn't really thought about her sexuality much, but she assumed she was straight. She didn't recognise the boy, except... oh wait, she did. She didn't know him personally, but... shit, she thought to herself. I've only gone and landed the bottle on a prefect...

Before she had time to think, she stood up and stumbled into the middle of the circle, on the verge of tears. What the hell should I do? she thought. If I stand here any longer, I'll end up kissing a prefect... There was only one thing Gabriella could do, really, and without her even noticing, her legs picked her up and she flounced to the edge of the circle, where she promptly collapsed on the floor.

Action: Escaping the situation in the most humiliating manner possible (but staying in the thread)

Word count: 598
Interacting with:
@Jack Warren
Mentioning:
@Gia Adelard, @Rhea Miller