Closed Summer schemes pv

─────"Oh, he's fine," Alex said in response to the boy telling her she should've been concerned about Prat, seeing as he was the one who was fallen on. Prat had just prepared his glasses with a simple spell, and he appeared to be uninjured, so she wasn't all too worried about him.

She turned to Prat, "Of course, I care, but you're well enough to repair any damages done. Someone who can't even keep their balance, like this boy," she gestured to the kid who had just fallen out of the tree above them, "Might have something wrong," she said with a totally not suspicious side-eye.

"So, now that we've all figured out that everyone's fine and dandy, who are you?" she asked the boy. He had short black hair and dark brown eyes, much like Alex's. When he spoke, she noticed something odd. He's not from the UK, is he? The boy sounded American more than anything, Alex had no way of telling from which part of America he was from, as she had never heard anyone speak with such an interesting accent.

Alex turned to Cass with a look of concern, "He didn't land on you as well, right?

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Mentioning: @Cass Ito @Prat Pass @Alexandria Clark @Aston Beckett

Date: 06/23/2024

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It's such a beautiful day!! It was. The sky was cleared of the dark and stormy clouds that rolled in the night before and was a clear shade of aqua blue, dotted with white fluffy clouds and soaring birds. The heat was bordering on unbearable, but if you were down by the water of the Black Lake, there was a slight breeze to bring relief. Swimming in the lake was prohibited, but that didn't stop the dozens of overheated students in need of aid from the scorching sun. Normally, on any given day really, Kenzie would be indoors, either up in the Gryffindor common room, or in the library. But today, she decided to take advantage of the decent weather and trek the vast Hogwarts grounds in search of an ideal landscape. She hadn't had much time for painting this year, as she spent most of her free time reading and researching everything about the wizarding world that she didn't already learn, and today was the perfect time to do it. So, she began walking across the grounds in search of idyllic scenery. She realized that the lake, down by the water specifically, would have more shade and a good view. No use in getting all burnt up and pink for a silly little painting. She continued on her path down to the water, observing her surroundings. As she walked closer to the lake, she noticed a group of people hanging out by a large tree. Oh that tree looks very nice! I need to check that out- it looks like the perfect place to paint, o-or read! The tree, and therefore the group of people, were directly next to the trail leading to the water, so Kenzie had no choice but to get closer (despite every shy bone in her body screaming otherwise). The closer she got, the more painfully self-aware she became. Each step sounded too loudly against the grass, and she suddenly became self-conscious with how loud she had been breathing. All perfectly normal things to be thinking about as a newly turned 12-year-old, I think. She was able to see the group of people more clearly now. There was a girl, who looked vaguely familiar - WAIT! Omg, is that....IT'S ALEX!! She was standing with three people Kenzie had seen in classes before, but she didn't know who they were. Should I go say hello? I mean, it's Alex for Merlin's sake! Eeeugh, but what about the others?? Shut up, Kenzie. You're never going to make friends if you don't talk to people you don't know! And so, the decision was made. Before her mind could keep up, her feet started taking her away from the trail and towards the tree. Perhaps a bit too fast, for her foot caught on a rogue tree root and she plummeted forward with a loud shriek. Her bag was flung a few feet away from her, spilling out its contents of a few books and painting supplies, and her shin now sported a bloody scrape. She had landed flat on her face, nearly right in front of the group. Holy Hades she thought, slowly sitting up to asses the damage done, and wincing as she did so. Maybe they didn't see? I hope not.

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Interactions: @Prat Pass | @Alexandria Clark | @Aston Beckett | @Kenzie Thatcher Mentions:

Date: June 21st Location: Grounds

Outfit: x

- Summer Schemes -

Prat seemed to be less than happy about his new occupation as a landing pad. Understandable really. No one liked having people fall on them from the sky. None of this answered the question of why the boy was in the tree in the first place though. Perhaps he was a spy? Trying to steal top secret information from Prat, who was secretly the prince of an empire sent here in disgrace? "You normally don't fall like that? So you do a lot of hiding in trees?" they shot questions at sky-boy like bullets from a nun, or whatever that muggle saying was.

Alex seemed to have taken the wise option of ignoring Prats distress. Prat and his glasses could wait, sky-boys strange appearance was more important. "I'm fine thank you" they replied. Returning to their interrogation, they rattled off another long list of questions without pausing for breath "Are you a spy? Why were you in that tree? What do you want from us? Is Prat secretly royalty? And what's a Packer?. Cass had questions, and they intended to find answers. Mainly jokingly though. They didn't really believe that the boy had been up there to spy on them, but if it got a laugh out of their new friends then it worked.

The afternoon was certainly turning out to be full of strange things. While Cass had been talking to Prat, Alex and sky-boy, another girl had been slowly making her way towards the tree. She didn't appear to be sneaking up on them so much as nervously approaching, in a very undercover way. Shy perhaps? Shy and no longer watching her feet. In her focus, she had tripped over a branch and right in front of the already strange scene. If she was shy, then she probably wasn't going to like Cass turning their interrogation on her as well. They may seem it sometimes, but they weren't oblivious or insensitive. Cass was well and truly their fathers child when it came to reading people.

Moving towards the girl like one would approach a wounded animal, they left the rest of the group to their arguing. "Need a hand up?" they asked her. Hopefully the others would take the hint and not follow them over. Their guess was that the girl would want some space.

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date: 21/06/24 time: After School location: the Grounds

mentions: Reducio @Prat Pass @Alexandria Clark @Cass Ito @Kenzie Thatcher

languages english: #1a4174 thoughts: italics

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The group finally started questioning Aston's identity after checking up on Prat. Namely Alex and Cass started asking questions. "My name's Aston, I'm a first year Ravenclaw." Aston said to Alex with a slightly nervous smile, what caught him off guard was the bombardment of questions coming from Cass. "I mean not hiding but I do climb trees. There isn't much to do when you live in a forest. I'm not a spy I was just sketching up there. I'd like to join you guys in the whole swimming in the lake thing. I have no idea what Prat's family is like and the Packers are an American football team." Aston quickly replied to Cass's questions one by one, listing all the answers as quickly as Cass asked. As the integration ended Aston noticed that a girl is by the lake. Initially the girl slowly and hesitantly approach the lake. Due to how close to the lake they were she was also getting close to the group. Though she soon found some kind of determination to walk over, so that's what she did. The girl Aston doesn't know the name of started walking towards them quite quickly, sadly it didn't last long since the girl tripped over. Next thing Aston knew both Cass and Prat went to go check up on her and help her up. I hope she's okay, but I suppose this way they will forget about my fall sooner... As he ended his thought Aston noticed the books and painting supplies belonging to the fallen girl. Aston stepped over to pick it up and decided to wait till after Prat and Cass help the girl up before he joins. Eventually after the other finish up he walks up to the girl and hands her the things her dropped, asking "These are yours right? I hope you're feeling better that looked like a painful fall"

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─────Alex's expression softened into a small smile, mainly out of pity as Cass launch like a hundred question at the boy, Aston, about whether or not he was a spy, if Prat's family was royalty, and about the name on his shirt. She laughed softly and shook her head, "Cass, woah, he fell from a tree, you ask these as if he were under interrogation for a crime." Poor Aston, gravity threw him into quite the situation.

The short brunette glanced around her, looking for Prat, as he had disappeared from her peripheral vision. When she saw him, he had just began to walk off. "Prat, hey, where're you..." her voice trailed off as she looked in the direction he was headed in. There was a blonde girl on the ground, it seemed she had tripped over something. Hey wait.... oh my god, I know her!

By the time Alex got over to the girl Prat was already helping her up. "Kenzie! Oh my gosh, are you okay??" She asked worriedly. She took her hands in her own as she looked her over for any serious injuries. "Well you look alright, except for that scrape on your leg. It must hurt, do you want me to take you to the hospital wing or no?" Alex had met Kenzie back in February, when she had an..... incident in the library. They hit it off immediately and she now considered her to be a good friend.

She glanced over at Prat for a moment, he had seemed a bit annoyed before. Which was valid, after all, he did act as a landing pad for Aston when he fell. But he had looked almost as if he was annoyed with her as well. Well that'd be odd, it's not as if I did anything. Alex brushed it off as nothing and brought her attention back to Kenzie. "I suppose I should introduce you to these guys. This is Aston, he likes to fall out of trees, she gestured to him as he handed the stuff that had fallen out of Kenzie's bag back to her. "On your right is Cass. And on your left is Prat," she seemed to hesitate for a short moment before saying his name. She smiled softly at him before continuing, "And everyone, this is my friend, Kenzie!"

Interacting with: @Cass Ito @Prat Pass @Alexandria Clark @Aston Beckett

Date: 06/23/2024

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The sheer embarrassment that coursed through Kenzie’s veins was unparalleled to anything she had ever felt before. Any shred of dignity or ounce of integrity that she had been hoping to convey in front of these people she didn’t know was completely shattered, along with any sense of her general wellbeing. It was bad enough that she had tripped and fallen like a foolish little girl, but it was worse that everyone had noticed her stumble. As one-by-one everyone had rushed to her aid, her cheeks burned a deeper shade of scarlet than the blood trickling from her knee. She gratefully accepted the hand of whoever offered it to her, and slowly stood up, brushing off the dirt from her skirt and blouse. The boy who looked to be as tall as her and was wearing glasses. As he helped her up, he had called her “Mud eater”, which made her stomach drop. She looked at him and paused for a moment, before looking at everyone else. Alex, her best friend, had reached them, and Kenzie forced out a smile. “Ah, no need for the Hospital Wing, I’m alright! Just a scratch, see?” she displayed her knee. “Honestly, the only truly broken thing here is my ego!” She put her foot back down and finally let go of the tall boy’s hand, smiling at everyone in reassurance. A different boy was gathering her scattered belongings and placing them back in her bag. “Thank you!” she said when he handed her the bag. She smiled kindly as Alex introduced him as Aston, the boy who likes to fall out of trees. “Hello!” she said to Cass and Prat (the tall boy who helped her up from the ground) as Alex introduced them to her as well. She noticed the way Alex hesitated slightly on his name and the way she smiled at him, which caused something to stir in her gut…she just didn’t know what. She looked at him again for a moment, a smiling nod in gratitude for helping her. Then she looked at everyone. “It’s nice to meet you. Uh, so sorry for interrupting your little gathering. I was just on my way down to the lake!” Despite her bloodied knee and bruised ankle, she slung her bag around onto her shoulder and smiled at the group. “Well, uh” she started, her gaze breaking to look at the lake. “It looks like there’s a storm forming anyway, so I suppose I might just head back on up to the castle anyhow.” She looked back at Alex. “I’ll see you later?” she asked, before looking at everyone else and starting her trek back up the hill to the castle. “It was so great to meet you all!”

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This is the exit post for @Kenzie Thatcher. She will no longer be a part of this thread!