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❂ October 19, 2024 ▎ --:-- ❂▪ ◚ ◚ ◚ ❂ ◚ ◚ ◚ ▪“Uh… no, as far as I know anyway.” Raizel answered Sere’s question about Ulysses and Alyssea dating. She could be wrong though because they might be. Not like she is the type of person who would get into people’s business, especially their love life. “And well, the boy’s name is Ulysses and the girl is Alyssea. She’s also my cousin.” She further told the younger student. She would tease them, she was about to really but immediately changed her mind when things got a bit heated up between Zach and Ulysses She turned to look at Zach when he decided to hide behind her, looking a bit unimpressed with how he wanted her to whack Ulysses. “Oi…” she uttered before sighing.
She was thankful Alyssea was there to try and control the situation. You could always rely on her when it comes to that. “She’s right, there’s no need to get all angry about it.” She seconded Alyssea with a nervous chuckle. Truth be told, she’s too tired to be dealing with things right now and she’d rather have a peaceful night. Highly unlikely considering there are always things happening in Hogwarts Ball but she’d rather enjoy things before anything does happen.
Hanging out she says… if she says so then she’ll believe it so she didn’t further question it and the Gyrffindor was taken by surprise by the sudden appearance of butterflies, Zach shouting and then his running figure. She just stood there, scratching the back of her head with how things turned out and in a way, that was a funny exit by the Ravenclaw. “Well, there he goes. I’ll catch you guys later. Have a nice date!” She told the other two as she needs to rejoin Sere and Zach and besides, it wouldn’t be nice third wheeling between Alyssea and Ulysses.
Recalling how Zach was challenging her to cast Purple Firecracker Conjuration Charm, perhaps this was the right time to do that and she does want to get back to him for suddenly hiding behind her and conjuring those butterflies. She stood behind him, wand at a ready while remembering the incantation for the said spell with a mischievous grin on her face.▪ ▫ ◙ 367/200 ◙ ▫ ▪
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Potions: See Inventory
Prod. Charms | Perfectionist | Fearless
Surprising Zach with Violaceous while standing behind him.
Oziel Toussaint | Miharu Goto
STA: 7| EVA: 9| STR: 3| WIS: 12| ARC: 10| ACC: 10
Perfectionist I | Fearless | Wandmaker | Terrible Presence
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Silva listened to the older boy. He was apparently trying to do some weird spell that could make firecrackers and reveal stuff. He was also apparently a prefect and was named Zach. When he suggested they keep their wands at the ready she looked at the ground. Maybe she should have brought her wand. She hadn't thought she'd be able to use it but it was still better than having nothing to defend yourself with.
"Um... I think you succeeded in its name... there were definitely some purple blasts over there......" She laughed awkwardly.
She smiled at the other girl who'd come over to Zach, another Ravenclaw. Was everyone here a Ravenclaw! She took another look around and decided it wasn't everyone. Just most of the group. Weird. Well anyways. Maisie was a nice name.
She started as two doors opened. Apparently the other first year had grabbed the eagle. She looked at the two doors. Maisie had already entered the one going forward. The others hadn't gone down any way yet. The only other path appeared to be the left.
It was a choice. Did she go with Maisie, take the road already traveled on, or did she go to the left and show some bravery. Her breath caught at even just the thought. How could she go through a door on her own. That would be... brave, and she was the opposite of brave. Cowardly. She took a shuddering breath and pulled out her chalk.
She walked towards the left and marked that doorway as she went through.
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As Aly's heeled foot touched the last K, a door in front of her creaked open, and she jumped in shock off of the letter tiles, having definitely assumed something more dangerous like arrows flying out of the walls or another floor-swallowing incident. However, it was just the entryway advertising its accessibility, and the Ravenclaw girl breathed a hefty sigh of relief. "I bet that right door just takes us into the center room," she said loudly, to no one in particular, pointing to the aforementioned exit. "So... straight, then?"
In the meantime, the foreign boy from Durmstrang - Russian, maybe, or Swedish, or Finnish, or something? - seemed to have recognised her just as much as she'd recognised him. Though Aly was taken aback at first when he called her big head girl, she realised a moment later that he was just speaking of her hair, which brought an unexpected chuckle to her lips as she matched his enthusiasm. "If you think this is big, then you should see Dee's bedhead in the morning," she quipped to Madhup as she shook out her legs, her ankles already starting to hurt from standing in heels for so long. "Well, anyway, it's nice to meet this boy Dee's been talking about for so long. Chaser, eh? I used to play that position, too." Aly didn't pretend to understand his Runespoor analogy; she'd never been one for creatures and didn't even take the class on them offered here. Instead, she grabbed Dee's hand and gestured for the three of them to go through the straight door. "Here, we can tell you all about watching the race this morning in the next room. It's true, Madhup had some, er... colourful things to say about the Slytherin team, though I have to admit I quite enjoyed them."
If Madhup and Dee allowed it, Aly would drag them into the next room with her; right before going through, however, she stopped and glanced back into the other area, full of younger children who seemed perhaps to be too scared to go through first. No worries, Aly would lead them into the dark, her wand still lit with possibility and charm. Still, though, she did spot Lindsey there, and called out after her: "Hey, Linds, you coming?" before stepping into the next area. Surely there wouldn't be so many left until they could find that missing kid and get the hell out of here.
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✰ Interacting with @Lindsey Springhall, @Dealla Prince & @Pericles Dralt (as Madhup Hexum) ✰Action: Going forward through the straight door
Open to interactions
Charmer | Paragon of Health | Lovely Creature | Foulplay | Keen Eye
STA 10 | EVA 11 | STR 5 | WIS 16 | ARCP 7 | ACC 14
Paragon of Health allies: Dealla Prince, Pericles Dralt
Charmer & Lovely Creature are meant to affect everyone.
Items: Love Potion Antidote, wand, locksmith's knife
Last edited by Aly Salinger on 13 Mar 2025, 02:59, edited 2 times in total.
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STA 10 | EVA 14 | STR 5 | WIS 19 | ARC 7 | ACC 18 Charmer • Keeper’s Catch • Paragon of Health • Lovely Creature • Foulplay • Keen Eye who's afraid of little old me? |
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iNPC: Yasha Volkov
Biometrics: 5'7. Medium-length black hair covers his right eye which is cloudy blue, left eye is bright green. Lean.
Date: October 19, 2024 | Time: Evening | WC: 212
Language: Russian – Spanish – French – English
Interacting with:@Linda Ramirez (Kaya Bennett) | Mentioning: @Pericles Dralt (Madhup Hexum), @Dealla Prince @Linda Ramirez, @Aly Salinger, @Lindsey Sprighall
Open for interactions.
Biometrics: 5'7. Medium-length black hair covers his right eye which is cloudy blue, left eye is bright green. Lean.
Date: October 19, 2024 | Time: Evening | WC: 212
Language: Russian – Spanish – French – English
Interacting with:@Linda Ramirez (Kaya Bennett) | Mentioning: @Pericles Dralt (Madhup Hexum), @Dealla Prince @Linda Ramirez, @Aly Salinger, @Lindsey Sprighall
Open for interactions.
Yasha watched as the puzzle was solved and the door across from them creaked open, while the door to the right remained stubbornly closed. Should they go through the door that was politely opened for them or trial the closed one? It was surprisingly annoying, this anticipation of something lurking behind every doorknob. The last thing he had wanted to do is spend his entire time at Hogwarts on edge, but that seemed to be the way things were going to be for quite a long time, even after this particular visit ended.
The Koldovstoretz boy turned to Kaya Rose, who didn't seem very inclined to one door or the other, and then to the older students once again, who, led by the puzzle solver, headed through the opened door. Well, might as well stay together in some sort of group if the proper decision wasn't clear. It left more people to put their heads together and possibly their wands. Yasha took his friend's hand and gently tugged her towards the door ahead of them.
"We should probably keep our strength in numbers and follow those others through the open door, yes?" He asked, although he went ahead and started walking in that direction, sure that Kaya Rose would follow his decision.
ACTION:
Deciding on the open door and bringing Kaya along.
MODERATED ACTION:
Going through the open door.
ABILITIES AND STATS:
Keeper's Catch | Inapplicable Quidditch Ability
Perfectionist 1/2 | Immune to critical failure.
STAMINA: 12 | EVASION: 12 | STRENGTH: 3 | WISDOM: 4 | ARCPOWER: 3 | ACCURACY: 13
INVENTORY: Wand, Black handkerchief,
Standing permission to godmod given between Kaya and Yasha's writers.
Fearless | Calming Presence | E.L. | Prodigal Transfiguration
ST: 9 | EV: 9 | STR: 3 | WI: 8 | ARC: 9 | ACC: 11
Caretaker: A. P. Finch | iNPC: Yasha V.
ST: 9 | EV: 9 | STR: 3 | WI: 8 | ARC: 9 | ACC: 11
Caretaker: A. P. Finch | iNPC: Yasha V.
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date saturday, october 19th, 2024 / outfit [x] / pings @Ulysses Drake, @Zach Zaphiere, @Raizel Voltrouz, @Sere Nade, & @Silva Melinora
banner by ulysses drake
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| Date was certainly an interesting word, in this context at least. Was it really that big of a deal? Now Alyssea was wondering the origins of people calling their partners/escorts dates at events like these. That also raised the question of what you call the person accompanying you to a ball if they were a relative—surely that didn't count as a date? That would be weird. She made a note to research it as soon as she had internet (AKA winter break when she would go home for Christmas, which was approximately two months from now). Zach, Raizel, and one other girl headed off with one last greeting. Alyssea waved to them. "See you around!" With that whole altercation out of the way, Alyssea turned to Ulysses and sighed. She loved her friends, of course, but they always had to give her massive trust issues and anxiety. Not wanting to ruin the mood with any more unsaid words, Alyssea said, "If you are feeling uncomfortable or anything, please tell me." "Anyways, looks like she's heading left." Alyssea pointed to that girl they followed earlier. "Shall we follow?" There was still the forward path to consider, of course, but she had a good feeling about the left room. (Hopefully it wouldn't lead to more disaster.) |
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“I hope she'll be a fool — that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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Banner was made by Zach Zaphiere
Date : October 19th, 2024 Color code : Written|Thought|Said Ah, Raizel also have her relatives here? Sere felt like she had heard something similar from other students before. I knew people said that the world was small, but I didn't expect it to be this small. Maybe after this Sere would suspect everyone had their siblings at Hogwarts.
Sere's focus returned to the riddle in this room, but only for a moment and then was distracted back by the sudden heated atmosphere. The Gryffindor girl turned to look for the source of the voice and found Ulysses... Uh, intimidating Zach... with his height and fury gaze. What happened? The girl didn't know the details, but had already took one step, intended to separate them both, when she saw Alyssea was already there, trying to calm the atmosphere down. In the end, Sere chose to hold back, staying where she was and folding her arms.
Zach's way of escaping the heated red zone was quite... unique? At least that's a good substitute for childish. A beautiful butterfly appeared from the tip of his wand and flapped its wings. Sere raised both eyebrows, "A boy full of ideas, I guess."
The Gryffindor nodded in agreement to Zach's request, "Alright, alright." @Zach Zaphiere At the time like this, any door didn't matter, actually. "Let's go, Raizel." @Raizel Voltrouz The girl also invited her senior who seemed to be approaching, following right behind them. Sere walked straight, waving at Alyssea @Alyssea Brown and the boy, Ulysses, @Ulysses Drake who seemed to choose the left door. Her wand was then raised once again, in case something came towards them behind the forward door.Action : Heading straight to the forward door. Still, Flipendo if only anything comes to the students heading to the forward door.
Interacting with : Tagged.Thing(s) : Her Wand
Stats : STA 9 (+4)| EVA 8| STR 4 | WIS 8 | ACC 8 | ARC 7
Abilities : Statistically Relevant (STA) | Statistically Relevant (STA)
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Kaya looked at the door that opened and another one that remained closed. Looking at Yasha she was more in favor of opened door. Maybe this haunted hall will finish soon, at least it'll be quicker with already opened door than the closed one.
Let's go through opened. Maybe it'll be closer to the end. What do you think if we just spend some time together after we are done with it? The truth behind these words was that she could feel the tension. Maybe it was not the best idea of coming here in these rooms where one never knew what to expect next. But they were here already and so she'll enjoy even this time with him. However, both of them needed some relaxing time, without any potential danger waiting for them in every other step they take. So, perhaps walking together, maybe dancing, could help with taking some of this tension away.
She didn't know what they were looking for in the new room, nor she knew how many rooms there still were waiting. But she was glad to be with Yasha and it seemed like holding hands now was something ordinary for them to do. What was even more interesting, Kaya liked the feeling. She liked his care and as she also realized, she cared about him more than she usually did about her friends. Not that her care about friends wasn't more than enough already. Do you think there could be something interesting and nice at the end of it? She asked looking at Yasha.
@EmmaLee LeDames as Yasha Volkov
Action: letting Yasha lead her to the opened door and the next room
Moderated action: none
Sta 7 • Eva 7 • Str 8 • Wis 9 • Arc 8 • Acc 7
Fearless (Y1)|Calming Presence (Y2)
Will is able to change even the lines on our palms
| ✮Célestine de la Croix-Valmer✮ - staff account | -ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ-Kaya Rose Bennett-ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ- - first iNPC account | Ryusei Ishikawa - new iNPC |
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Linda was still full of mixed emotions and a lot of questions. His words and the way he replied about their holding hands was making her even more confused about his running away that day. If he didn't mind holding hands with her, why the most beautiful and special moment turned to be so uncertain? But all these questions could wait. She didn't know what he was thinking and feeling neither back in summer nor now.
I think she will be fine, don't worry. Linda smiled, replying to his words. She'd like to add that surely Professors wouldn't allow anything bad happen with students, but she would never say these words to him. They were in Hogsmead and they did their best, but there were those who died. A human can't be prepared for every possible danger, even if they were adults with more knowledge and experience.
Looking at how their room seemingly got stuck, Linda sighed. Let me try one number and then if no one else has ideas, you can continue trying all numbers. She said softly to Quentin. She didn't know if her guess was right or wrong, but she hoped that someone would guess it soon enough for all of them to be able to move forward.
@Della Barfield as Quentin Gagné
Action: talking to Quentin, holding his hand
Moderated action: trying 9485
Stats: sta 8☆eva 8☆str 7☆wis 9☆arc 7☆acc 8
Abilities:Fearless✿Comprehend Languages (Parselmouth)
Will is able to change even the lines on our palms
| ✮Célestine de la Croix-Valmer✮ - staff account | -ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ-Kaya Rose Bennett-ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ- - first iNPC account | Ryusei Ishikawa - new iNPC |
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—post tracker [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ]tag. @alyssea brown———————date. [ 10/19/24 ]———————word count. [ 255 ]
With a first instinct to seek and destroy, it took almost all of the control that a young thirteen year old could muster up to keep him from knocking the prefect directly on his ass for the disrespect. It was probably his biggest pet peeve and the most offensive act one could do to the Slytherin beater. The teenager swallowed a deep, menacing growl while his eyes kept on the Ravenclaw until the situation seemed to settle itself with the two of them practically skipping away and his friend (?) beside him. With a deep breath, Uly shook his head and while the tendrils of his hair flopped against his crown, the boy decided to let go of it all and focus on having a good time with Alyssea.
The older girl faced his direction and Uly's expression flickered with a hint of anger through the confusion. " No, no. Alyssea. " A hand raised as he attempted to stop any weirdness between the two of them. " That was my bad. I'm having a good time, promise. " A brief smile parted his lips as he placed a hand on her shoulder and gave a firm nod wanting to continue on. " But, you let me know too. " The Slytherin biting in a comment about how weird Zach was being and he should just bug off, but deciding it wouldn't be helpful in this moment.
" Yeah, let's go. " This time, Uly would let Alyssea lead as he glanced around the room one last time before heading to the left room.
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The older girl faced his direction and Uly's expression flickered with a hint of anger through the confusion. " No, no. Alyssea. " A hand raised as he attempted to stop any weirdness between the two of them. " That was my bad. I'm having a good time, promise. " A brief smile parted his lips as he placed a hand on her shoulder and gave a firm nod wanting to continue on. " But, you let me know too. " The Slytherin biting in a comment about how weird Zach was being and he should just bug off, but deciding it wouldn't be helpful in this moment.
" Yeah, let's go. " This time, Uly would let Alyssea lead as he glanced around the room one last time before heading to the left room.
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Her spell cast seemed to be exceptionally successful today, that warm feeling of magic flowing in her veins. Lindsey steadied herself, gazing attentively at the tip slowly turning and indicating the behind, aka the main room. She thoughtfully turned and eyed the dim path which they had taken to get to here, before returning her focus on the string of words carved on the barren walls, vaguely readable as torches lit them up.
Aly was kind enough to read the riddle out loud for everyone in the room to hear, and Lindsey gladly accepted the favour, not bothering to squint her eyes hard at the letters. Warms you hide, makes you hide? That was a tricky one. She lowered her eyes to the floor. An array of intangible letters emerged from tiles seemingly out of nowhere, her brows furrowing as she attempted to make sense out of it. Fire? Pity, there wasn’t even an I in the letters available. She hesitated. Maybe she really hadn’t been exercising her brain enough these days.
Her eagle friend was a master of riddles, really, as she watched Aly suddenly exclaiming and stepped onto the letters with much self-assurance. Chocolate brown eyes followed her movements. C-L-O-A-K. Oh yes. Cloak. That should be it. That must be it. Lindsey nodded approvingly, impressed by Aly’s wisdom. Yet it still seemed to be a rather bold move, until an unacquainted boy (Yasha) who seemed younger presented the same idea, and Lindsey finally let out a relieved breath, knowing that this definitely wouldn’t go wrong.
And they were correct. Lindsey watched in awe as the door in front of the group cracked open, yet another choice for them to pick. The guy (Madhup) with Prince was just in time to pose this question - so where next? And again Aly had a persuasive answer. She dragged both of them through the door straight ahead, before calling back to Lindsey to inquire if she’d come along, while the boy (Yasha) who had solved the riddle as well sometime earlier had already made his way to the door ahead, with his date (Kaya) beside him.
“Oh yeah -” She hastily answered, pressing her hand gently against her lids to make herself adjusted to the dimness. “Of course. Coming!” She chirped and hastened forward, careful not tripping over some thing lurking in the darkness. Lindsey pressed her other hand gently on the wand balancing in her palm, so as to keep it from falling - the deeper they were into the maze, the more useful a compass would be, right? She took a last look of the room, and threw herself into the unknown darkness ahead.
Interacting with: @Aly Salinger
Mentioning: @Dealla Prince, Madhup Hexum (@Pericles Dralt), Yasha Volkov (@EmmaLee LeDames), Kaya Bennett (@Linda Ramirez)
Open to interactions!
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Action: going forward through the straight door, maintaining the Four-Point Spell
Stats: stamina 12 | evasion 8 | strength 8 | wisdom 14 | arcane power 12 | accuracy 14
Abilities: statistically relevant (+2 acc) | lovely creature (affects everyone) | perfectionist | evasive maneuvers | impartial | poison resistance
Inventory: wand | three hairpins | a coin
Tracker: [1][2][3]
Lindsey Springhall · Hufflepuff "Would you like a cup of hot cocoa?" |
Beauxbatons · Maximilien de Fostoncy "Maximilien is a mouthful, don’t you think?" |