4 Aug 2024, 02:35
A Little Less Dueling, A Lot More Friendship
Biometrics: 5'. Wavy, white hair down to her mid-thigh. Bright, blue eyes. Thin, pale, spattering of freckles across her nose.
Date: July 25, 2024 | Time: Morning | WC: 686
Language: French – English – Spanish – Japanese
Interacting with: | Mentioning: Cygnus tent generally, @AngelFyre McCubbin as Stephen Schwartz, @Linda Ramirez as Kaya Bennett, Sara Kohana, Aurelie Duval
EmmaLee speaks with a light French accent.
Calming Presence is in effect.
Allies:
Open for interactions.
Date: July 25, 2024 | Time: Morning | WC: 686
Language: French – English – Spanish – Japanese
Interacting with: | Mentioning: Cygnus tent generally, @AngelFyre McCubbin as Stephen Schwartz, @Linda Ramirez as Kaya Bennett, Sara Kohana, Aurelie Duval
EmmaLee speaks with a light French accent.
Calming Presence is in effect.
Allies:
Open for interactions.
How did EmmaLee's summers keep ending up so full? It seemed she had something to do every moment until she went to sleep. She had had quite a good time hanging out and conversing with her friends in the tent. As fun as it had been bunking with and getting to know new people her first year at camp, bunking with people she knew was far more entertaining.
The tent could kind of become a lot sometimes, though. As busy as they all were and as good as it was to be with friends and enjoy each other's company, they were still eight people together in a tent. It had been the same for other summers as well. Eventually, EmmaLee just became too, well, peopled out, as Alura would say. She always closed off her bunk or her area of the tent with curtains for her own privacy, but sometimes she just needed to be out alone. She had grown up in a tiny town in a house with just herself and her mother and then she had lived pretty much alone with her mother and stepfather. While she had friends to play with in France and in New York and she was a fairly extroverted person, she still spent a great deal of her childhood alone and that was a hard upbringing to shake and just live with eight to twelve people for a month.
Aside from the tent providing plenty to do, EmmaLee had pretty much joined in on every activity they had offered so far.
The downhill broom sledding had been a lot of fun, especially when she had finally bumped into Stephen and flew past him to win right under his nose. She had initially not joined that race because she didn't particularly like broom riding. She found it to be one of the more inelegant and uncomfortable forms of travel wizards had ever invented, especially when they had apparition. Generally, the only reason EmmaLee would get on a broom was for Quodpot, an American broom sport where the ball explodes if you don't get it to the goal on time, and in order to get away from some danger, which she had already had to do more than once since starting at Hogwarts. Oof.
Anyway, the Battle of the Seasons had also been fun, especially considering that her friends Stephen, Sara, and Aurelie had been there to have fun with her. EmmaLee blushed as she thought about Stephen's choice to go shirtless in light of the sandy beach and real summer sun on their side. She physically waved the image from the front of her face with her hand.
That was also the thing of the tent. Stephen was always so CLOSE, ALL of the time. It's hard to get over someone when they're right there almost 24/7. She thought for about half a second that maybe she really should have taken the summer and the beginning of the school year to realign her feelings and be able to fully treat Stephen like just a friend again, but then she remembered how much fun she had already had with, well, Stephen, and Sara, and Kaya, and Aurelie, and so on. She just..... needed a breath, which is exactly what she was taking right now.
Right now she was sitting with Minx outside in the stands on a quiet day with nothing to do. She had specifically slipped out of the tent early in the morning before someone else found her something to do and had been more or less sitting here and doing tricks with Minx ever since.
She smiled brightly as Minx sat on her back paws in a standing kind of position and stayed still while EmmaLee put a treat on her nose. Minx stayed still until EmmaLee made a high click noise, which Minx responded to by popping the treat in the air and jumping up to catch it in her mouth.
"Bravo, Minx!" EmmaLee cheered, clapping and running her hand over Minx's soft. "You're so clever." She praised, before sitting back down and setting up another trick.
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.
6 Aug 2024, 14:08
A Little Less Dueling, A Lot More Friendship
❂ July 25, 2024 ▎ --:-- ❂▪ ◚ ◚ ◚ ❂ ◚ ◚ ◚ ▪Raizel usually doesn’t wake up early, she’s a heavy sleeper but somehow she can’t seem to relax lately. From taking a late stroll around camp during the night and going for an early practice during the day. She was working hard even in Summer Camp when she should be having fun. Much like this when she had decided to take her trusty broom out for a quick lap around the stadium, just to clear her mind off of things. Flying a broom had become one of her hobbies despite being so bad at it during her first year and then Broom Racing came, making her love it in the end.
It's a nice change of pace for someone who had spent hours in the duelling club, honing her skills yet there doesn't seem to be any improvements at all. That prompted her to leave the said sports. There's still a lingering frustration about that, especially if she starts thinking about her grandmother who would laugh at her for quitting, telling her that she was right and that she won't be an Auror due to her lack of skills, due to her being a half-blood. She shook that off, remembering what her father told her, that she can still be one and duelling is not the only way to gain experience. It's why she was willing to give Broom Racing, even more so after being inspired by a certain former broom racer who had just graduated.
Practice was going well earlier. She had full control and hadn't crashed on any tent nor walls just yet… until she tried landing. Perhaps Boreas' poor landing skills had passed onto her. That owl of hers only knows how to crash into food balls and somehow it makes you wonder if he is doing it on purpose just to get a chance to take food. She's feeding him well but he can be a glutton. In any case, as soon as Raizel tried hopping off of her broom just as she landed, she lost her footing and found herself tumbling down on the snow covered ground with a yelp. That's what she gets for hopping off too early while she was still easing on her landing.
And because of that incident, the Gryffindor decided to just get back to their tent, a bit disappointed at the result of her landing. Well, that's what she gets for hopping off too early when she was still going fast. “Could've gone worse.” Raizel uttered as she dusted off the remaining snow on her jacket, feeling her body aching a bit. It was then that she had spotted a familiar figure making her pause. EmmaLee LeDames, she met her before, during her first official duel and they had interacted a bit but she can't say that one went well. She couldn't hide her disappointment at that time, couldn't get into the mood when EmmaLee was so excited to meet her and she felt guilty that that's how their meeting ended up.
Raizel held onto her broom tight, thinking about that time and in a way, she wanted to make it up to EmmaLee, maybe this time, give her a proper interaction, not unlike the one that she met in the duelling club. How will she do this? She's not sure. Raizel just sighed and started moving forward. “Heyya!” She greeted with a soft smile on her face. What now though?
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Prod. Charms | Perfectionist | Fearless
Trying not to be depressing this time :’)
Oziel Toussaint | Miharu Goto
STA: 7| EVA: 12| STR: 3| WIS: 12| ARC: 10| ACC: 13
Perfectionist I | Fearless | Wandmaker | Terrible Presence
12 Aug 2024, 22:48
A Little Less Dueling, A Lot More Friendship
Kaya liked the summer camp, especially since it was with her friends and with Yasha. However, sometimes she felt like she didn't have time for some sort of freedom where she could decide to relax or be alone, be with friends or go to explore something.
So with these thoughts she found herself awake early in this morning. Since she couldn't seem to fall asleep, she decided to go out for a walk. This time summer camp was more planned with activities and the difference was really huge.
As she was walking lost in her thoughts, she noticed EmmaLee and another girl. Deciding to continue her walk a bit more, Kaya made sure they wouldn't notice her just yet. As she kept going on, Kaya Rose tried to make her thoughts in order. What she was feeling to Yasha? She saw him as a great, kind and caring. She still remembered his gesture with niffler. It gave her a feeling she never experienced before from anyone other than family member.
As her thoughts were once again on Yasha, Kaya didn't notice how close she walked to the other girls. Hi. You are here too? This summer camp seems quite busy. She smiled in a tired way and decided to not disturb her friend and the other girl much. After all sometimes it wad really necessary to just breath.
As she sat looking at the sky, she remembered all the stars and thought how nice it could be to meet sunrise with Yasha.
@EmmaLee LeDames, slightly mentioning @Raizel Voltrouz, thinking about Yasha Volkov
Will is able to change even the lines on our palms
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3 Nov 2024, 18:35
A Little Less Dueling, A Lot More Friendship
Biometrics: 5'. Wavy, white hair down to her mid-thigh. Bright, blue eyes. Thin, pale, spattering of freckles across her nose.
Date: July 25, 2024 | Time: Morning | WC: 299
Language: French – English – Spanish – Japanese
Interacting with: @Raizel Voltrouz@Linda Ramirez as Kaya Bennett | Mentioning:
EmmaLee speaks with a light French accent.
Calming Presence is in effect.
Allies: Raizel Voltrouz, Kaya Bennett
Date: July 25, 2024 | Time: Morning | WC: 299
Language: French – English – Spanish – Japanese
Interacting with: @Raizel Voltrouz@Linda Ramirez as Kaya Bennett | Mentioning:
EmmaLee speaks with a light French accent.
Calming Presence is in effect.
Allies: Raizel Voltrouz, Kaya Bennett
EmmaLee turned as she heard crunching snow and a greeting called across the stands. She met the girl's soft smile with a wide one of her own and put her hand in the air to wave. "Raizel! 'Ello! What brings you out this morning?" She called cheerfully.
As "peopled out" as she was, she had only seen Raizel in class since their practice duel and hadn't gotten a chance to really talk to the girl again. Something that EmmaLee found particularly odd about Hogwarts was how hard it was to interact with people outside of your house. Of all the unity the school talked about, people generally seemed to make friends within their house and it was a bit hard to make friends in other houses. There just wasn't a lot of opportunity to catch them outside of class.
Anyway, while the duel had more or less challenged her the way she had hoped, she still felt a little bad that it had only seemed to solidify Raizel's disappointment in her abilities in the sport. EmmaLee had heard that she had left dueling and joined the Broom Racing team instead and she could definitely understand when something just wasn't fitting right, so although she had been sad at the news, it made sense.
As she was talking to Raizel, EmmaLee saw another figure coming their way over her shoulder. The closer she came, the more clearly it was Kaya, walking in a very distracted and thoughtful way until she was almost right up to them, when she seemed to start in surprise and say hello. EmmaLee chuckled a little.
"Good morning, Kaya. It is. I wanted a bit of time to just take a walk." She said with a smile, wondering what she had been thinking about so hard.
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.
4 Nov 2024, 12:17
A Little Less Dueling, A Lot More Friendship
❂ July 25, 2024 ▎ --:-- ❂▪ ◚ ◚ ◚ ❂ ◚ ◚ ◚ ▪Okay, looks like everything is going smoothly this time. That was less awkward than she thought it would be because for sure, she had made a horrible impression on the Hufflepuff ever since their meeting back in the duelling club and they haven’t talked that much outside of class too. Not like there was any reason to do so but maybe a little hello wouldn’t hurt once in a while but even that was hard to do, especially for Raizel. Not to mention, after that awkward duel practice, she would be too embarrassed to even talk to EmmaLee. It took a lot of courage already for her to greet her like this.
“Just some early practice.” Raizel answered EmmaLee’s question, her gaze briefly shifting from the girl towards the broom in her hand. “Think I need to brush up my flying skills.” She was no expert, heck, she hated flying during her first year and even swore she won’t be riding a broom outside classes but look where she is now? A Broom Racer. Good thing she mostly said that to herself or those who had heard her would be laughing upon seeing where she had ended up in. Well, some of them might still be laughing, especially when she had quit duelling and ‘ran’ off to another sport. “So, what’s up?” she asked before her attention was caught by the approaching figure of someone unfamiliar.
Not like Raizel knows a lot of people. She barely has any friends in sch0ol and that number keeps on decreasing as time goes on. It won’t be surprising if she’ll end up not knowing anyone next year due to the lack of familiar faces. Anyway, this new girl, it’s not someone that she knows but she sure knows EmmaLee. She tried to be friendly of course, smiling and giving them a nod to acknowledge their presence if they ever look her way.▪ ▫ ◙ 319/200 ◙ ▫ ▪
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The things that the event provided
Prod. Charms | Perfectionist | Fearless
Trying not to be depressing this time :’)
Oziel Toussaint | Miharu Goto
STA: 7| EVA: 12| STR: 3| WIS: 12| ARC: 10| ACC: 13
Perfectionist I | Fearless | Wandmaker | Terrible Presence