Closed Stargazer pv Orion (The Hunter)

TAGS & MENTIONS ❀───────────❀ @Prat Pass, @Rose Wemberly, @Elena Clark, @Aston Beckett, @Kenzie Thatcher & @Alexandria Clark

A smile lit up Dani's face as she successfully jump-scared two of the girls, one of them screaming rather loudly while the other jumped closer to the other boy, blushing lightly and mumbling words about why people had to be so loud.

Laughing softly, Danielle then noticed Elena's wave. She waved back to the girl as she spoke to the others, "Sorry about that. I just couldn't resist!" she apologized with a small smile, "I'm Danielle Alden, it's a pleasure."

Her smile only grew as she heard Rose's small voice. "Hey there, Rose! How've you been!" Dani said, smiling at the younger girl as the kind brunette girl approached the group. Even though it hadn't been that long since their initial introduction at Diagon Alley in Flourish and Blotts, she still wanted to know how her new friend was doing.

While she awaited Rose's response, Dani then turned to the boy who held the mysterious black and gold book. Kenzie, the girl next to the boy was the one who'd screamed rather loudly as she had made her rather stealthy approach. She observed the look on both of their faces as they stared at the book. "What's wrong with it?" she asked, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion as she looked at the book. "Oh! By the way, Kenzie, I would love a cookie!" She smiled, remembering the girl's earlier statement.

As one after the other students arrived to the tent, scaring each other with random shouts, sneaking up on each other, half the people in their had an anxious look plastered all over their faces,even Alex. Prat grabbed her wrist for a while to bring her back out of it until she calmed down, however on the other hand Prat could not care less about the addition of new people to their camp, to him it was just another camp that he had only joined to sit and chill with his friends.

Prat went ahead to meet his friends and get reacquainted with them while introducing himself to the two other new girls who joined the previous deer in headlight looking blonde,giving a brief hello with his name and school year Prat came away from the girls who identified as Rose & Danielle after which he came back to his chair beside Alex, ignoring her muttering and complaining.

Right as Prat sat back down, Kenzie came with her cookies,taking a few at once,he leaned back down snacking on them until Aston found something about a book. Prat had half a mind to check out what it could be but ultimately decided his spot was way too comfortable and he couldn't be bothered while the other went to check in on Aston as Prat pulled out a soda from his bag and drank it all in one go as the chaos around him kept growing leaving him getting slowly bothered by it as the time passed by.

date: 15/07/24 time: Morning location: Summer camp

mentions: Reducio @Prat Pass @Alexandria Clark @Elena Clark @Kenzie Thatcher @Rose Wemberly@Danielle Alden

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After Aston pointed out the odd book many more people started showing up, including one that sneaked up on almost everyone but luckily Aston was able to hear just enough to not be surprised. So, the tent is Me, Prat, Alex, Kenzie, and the new people, Danielle, Elena, and Rose, okay. When Kenzie came and brought cookies Aston happily took some, "Thanks Kenzie!" Eventually everyone, well everyone except Prat who was drink soda instead, started gathering and asking about the book. "So uh, hello, my name is Aston for people that didn't know already, and this is a weird book called Orion. The weird part is this, see." As he finished talking he lifted the black book up and gave it a shook, that rattling sound was here again, this time for everyone to hear. After making sure everyone heard the sound and understood where it came from, Aston held the book out, hoping someone will take it and give it a closer inspection. "So, do any of you guys have a guess as to what's with this thing? Now that I think about it wasn't there something mentioned about this when we were signing up? I don't know, hopefully you guys can figure this out I don't think I'm much help." Overall, this seems like a interesting twist to camp, though I'm still most excited for the opening feast.

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TAGS & MENTIONS ❀───────────❀ @Aston Beckett, @Rose Wemberly, @Kenzie Thatcher, @Prat Pass & @Alexandria Clark

Dani quickly thanked Kenzie for the cookie before turning to the guy who held the book, listening as he introduced himself as Aston. As he paused his talking about the Orion book, he shook it, listening to the rattling sound that escaped.

Dani's eyes widened in surprise, not expecting a book to make that sound. "That... that's not normal." She stated the obvious, taking the book out of Aston's hands as he held it out.

She inspected it for a moment, flipping it around and staring at it as it made the rattling sound once again. Maybe it was some type of magical box or something. She kept turning the box over as she listened to Aston continuing to speak. He was right. There wasn't anything written about it on sign-ups or anything.

She shook her head. "My best guess is some type of magical box in the book or something. Also, the book title is the same as our tent. Orion." Danielle said, voicing her previous thoughts and a new one out loud. Flipping and shaking the box one more time, Dani's eyebrows furrowed in confusion one more time before she too held the box out for the next person to take, waiting to see what their opinions on the weird, mysterious, rattling book-slash-box thing was.

Elena smiled timidly, feeling intimidated by the energy of the people buzzing around her. She mentally noted the names of everyone, accompanied by her personal observations.

Feeling overwhelmed, Elena had a strong urge to run outside. Now that would be kind of rude, right? She inhaled deeply, feeling the familiar pang in her heart and the twist in her stomach. She hated being so shy. She envied those who seemed naturally spontaneous and had no trouble talking to people.

Her attention was caught by the boy with dark hair and eyes - Aston, I think - who was holding a large book in his hands. Driven by curiosity, Elena stood up and approached, her mind racing. Orion, the name of their tent. The giant hunter, known for his beauty and violence.

Danielle handed the book to the next person, who happened to be Elena. She received the book, her fingers gliding over the cover. The book was black as night, with embossed golden letters. The constellation Orion was drawned on the cover, each star delicately embossed, making it feel almost alive under her touch.

Elena silently recited his myth while turning the book around. Orion, depicted as a loyal hunter of Artemis, placed among the stars upon his death. The versions of his death differ, sometimes killed by Artemis herself, either deceived by her brother Apollo or by her own initiative, or by a fatal sting from a scorpion.

"So, do any of you guys have a guess as to what's with this thing? Now that I think about it, wasn't there something mentioned about this when we were signing up?" Aston's voice interrupted her thoughts. "One book, black as night with embossed golden lettering, bears only an illustration on the cover depicting the constellation after which your specific tent is named, and makes a curious rattling sound when you shake it.", she recited, quoting the page she had read and reread, as she slid her hand along the spine and opened it gently.

The brief silence that followed made her realize she had never spoken so many words at once, and a rosy blush colored her cheeks. "I mean, uh, I think it said something like that", she quickly added. "It must be some sort of Easter egg. There should be a way to activate or open it." As she spoke, her voice grew quieter, and she lowered her eyes, focusing on the book. Her nails dug into her palm, a small voice she tried to ignore telling her she was just showing off and everyone had already figured it out.

She wanted nothing more than to run away. Forcing herself to calm down, she smiled timidly at the rest of the group.

MODERATION POST

𝕌pon opening the book, it would become immediately apparent that this was not a book that one might actually endeavour to read. Much like a children's pop-up book, when opened a small, miniature Quidditch match would spring out from the hollowed-out pages. It was not your standard Quidditch match, however. No quaffles or bludgers were anywhere to be seen as the players zoomed in endless loops around their miniature pitch. Rather, all eight of them seemed to be acting as seekers, chasing the same elusive, slightly glowing snitch as it darted to-and-fro, eternally escaping their grasp. Above the players heads, the ghostly impressions of the same shimmering constellations that graced the Stargazer tent's ceilings flickered softly in perfect repose, and below in the grass, if you had good eyesight or were just willing to stick your whole head into the mock-game, tiny versions of the same blue and red sleeping bags in the tent could be seen awaiting the players' valiant return.

In the centre of the pitch appeared to be a small, half-spherical indent, perhaps the size of a golf ball or smaller. Once the pint-sized Quidditch game had completed its first rotation and its endless pattern and looped back around to begin again, an audible click could be heard from somewhere in the tent. Continuing to watch the Quidditch match yields no further results; the tiny players never catch the snitch, and the game inevitably loops back around again.

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OOC: The tent's mini-game is now unlocked and playable. The game does NOT have to be played immediately, and is available to start at any time until August 11th IC, and September 31st OOC. Once the game has begun, you'll be at the whims of moderation posts, and will be able to do very little roleplay in this thread outside of the game until the its completion. You may, however, still open additional threads for later dates in your tent at your leisure, or choose to create a separate thread to play the game in. Moderation posts may take up to one week, so, as such, it's recommended that you finish up any interactions and events you'd like to take place in this thread before continuing with the game, should you choose to play it in this specific thread.

For hints on next steps and general inquires, please owl @Rebecca Lark. Please note that as one of the first groups to engage with this mechanic, you will be acting as beta testers, and the mechanics may differ from that of future groups. Please do not post spoilers for the game anywhere on-site or in Discord, so that others who are playing can do so at their own pace. If this rule is violated, the offending players may be barred from the game at my discretion.
@Elena Clark, @Alexandria Clark, @Prat Pass, @Aston Beckett, @Kenzie Thatcher, @Danielle Alden, @Rose Wemberly

─────Alex watched as Prat walked off to go greet Kenzie and Aston and introduce himself to the girls she hadn't met yet. She felt somewhat dumb standing there by herself so she took her bags and set them next to the sleeping bag that was nearest to where she had been standing, gesturing to Prat as he walked back to pick one of the spots next to the one she had chosen.

Prat sat in a chair near her and she walked back over to him, muttering about how there were too many people there. Alex watched as he took like seven cookies from Kenzie. "Damn, Prat, do you really need seven cookies? I think not," she said, taking one and sitting a few feet in front of him on the floor. She looked at him with a dumb smile, he's so pretty.

She looked over her shoulder every now and again, looking to see if anything had happened with the book the rest of the tent was looking at. Alex watched as Prat pulled out a soda can and drank its contents in nearly ten seconds, "What if I wanted some?" she scoffed, rolling her eyes in a joking manner, "Never thinking of others..... How typical."

Alex heard a faint click somewhere in the tent, I wonder what that was...

date: 15/07/24 time: Morning location: Summer camp

mentions: Reducio @Prat Pass @Alexandria Clark @Elena Clark @Kenzie Thatcher @Rose Wemberly@Danielle Alden

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What the open book showed was certainly odd, eight seekers chasing one snitch, what kind of quiddich game was that? Aston did have a close look the scene shown by the book, he was confused as to how they were supposed to do this. Thinking that he won't be of much help he deiced to grab a cookie and talk to Kenzie about s'mores. Aston has had some before on camping trips with his family but it's been a while, he hasn't had any since he went to Hogwarts! As he made his way to Kenzie and the other friends of his Aston picked up three cookies from the tin Kenzie placed on the table, I don't want to be greedy but these cookies really are good, surely no one will mind if I take more then one right? "Hey Kenzie how have you been?" Aston asked with a smile, Prat and Alex seem to be having a conversation already so he thought it'd be best to not interrupt. "Thanks a lot for the cookies they taste really really good! I can't believe I completely forgot about smores I haven't had any in ages, I'm so excited for camp." As Kenzie finished her talk to the group about the scavenger hunt Aston heard a click from somewhere in the room, right as the black book finished it's loop too. He thought he should tell that to the group so he said after Kenzie. "Did you guys hear that click? I think the book want us to act as the seekers and find the "snitch ". I'm pretty sure we should find where that click is coming from." And he begin trying to recall where the sound came from to follow it.

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