Errand It's a PJ Party!

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𝓟adding through the ballroom, listening to the patters of her shoes against the ground (Ruth had unfortunately not thought of bringing slippers over to Hogwarts), Ruth clutched her pillow, a lazy smile on her face. It was somewhat late, presumably past the time she should have been in bed. And honestly, Ruth was exhausted. Yesterday's ball had rendered her legs into aching mechanisms that dragged across stone floors, but the exhilarating rush from yesterday was still present and painted her cheeks rosy whenever she thought about it.

She did wish she hadn't worn those beautiful shoes to the ball though. They bit at her ankles.

Sighing, Ruth turned to Aurelia and forced a grin. "You ready for a pyjama party?" She asked playfully, nudging Aurelia in the shoulder. "It'd be like that time in the Astronomy Tower, I'd like to think." Her smile turned soft in reminiscence. Several different goals had been achieved that night. One, they hadn't been caught by Professor Starwise (thank goodness), two, they had managed to catch a glimpse of the Ursids Meteor Shower (which Ruth claimed to be because of her) and three, the two had become solid friends. The thought made her chest grow warm and caused Ruth to squeeze her pillow tighter.

It seemed that quite some people had arrived before them and were already socialising. Ruth spied a couple of familiar faces gathered around, many her lips could form the names of but others not so much. Ruth didn't particularly feel like joining any of them unless they called for her. Her exhaustion had deflated her will to socialise, and she wasn't at all close with anyone present. Spending time with Aurelia felt like a main goal, though she could only wonder how long it would be before she passed out to the girl's ramblings. That's if I trigger them, Ruth thought to herself. Surely she wouldn't? Ruth couldn't recall the last time she did, besides the first time they met. That put a soft smile on her face.

She eyed Aurelia, seeking her reaction. Deep down she hoped that the girl wouldn't storm off, claiming this to be a waste of time when she could have been using it to read or sleep or something else much more important than a PJ party you can't even sleep at.

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Pam was running late. Like, very late.

Actually, that was probably her thought because she had completely, utterly forgotten about the pajama party until... approximately five minutes ago.

She speed-walked down the corridor towards the ballroom, not running mainly because the last time she had skidded across the corridor in full kdrama style had left her with enough embarrassment to last her a lifetime. That one incident was on the top of her 'embarrassing moments which are difficult to forget' list. She was never experiencing that again. She was lucky it had happened in the absence of people. God, if anyone had seen that.... I'd have died of embarrassment.

She yawned as she walked into the noise of the people accumulated in the ballroom. Most of them still seemed to have their social batteries intact, and Pam was suddenly overcome with the desire to turn on her heel and run away, because why on earth had so many people come to a pajama party? At this rate, it would become a mini-concert.

Same reason you've come really.

To her surprise, there were very few familiar faces this time 'round. Maybe all of them haven't come yet? It's late though. She spotted three familiar faces almost immediately, Avery and Lyanna, sitting together, and then Kaitlyn, and Pam shook her head softly, smiling. I'm seeing those three everywhere. Pam wasn't in much of a desire to talk, or any at all actually, looking around to find the person she needed to ensure she didn't explode or start bawling.

There she is.

Pam felt her mood get infinitely better (okay, that was probably an exaggeration) as she spotted the familiar black-haired girl who currently occupied the position of her best friend. Ruth was sitting with Aurelia, saying something to her, and Pam sighed as she walked over to them, plopping down between the girls in a way that she could lean against both of them if she wanted to. Looking back, it was probably rude of her and Aurelia (and probably Ruth) would murder her, but she was currently too tired to care much. For now, her target was Ruth, and she turned to her, burying her head into the girl's shoulder. "Rue..."

She flashed Aurelia a small smile, feeling a mix of sleepy and delirious, "Auri! Hii!"

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─────Siobhan had been sitting with her knees held to her chest and watched as Toaster made the fascinating discovery of his own tail. It brought a soft smile to her face and she made the mistake of looking up, making direct eye contact with Prat. She shamefully averted her face into her hands and shifted her body around to face away from him as she heard him offer her cat a treat. No doubt something that wasn't good for the poor fluffy kitten. He had been trying to steal her cat for some time now through the usage of food and if Siobhan was any less vigilant, she knew Toaster would be far too easily swayed towards the trickster who had insistantly plopped himself next to her and was now currently invading her space. Truthfully his voice was muffled and anything he was saying to her was going straight through her ears and away into the nothingness that was the ability of the sense of hearing.

She didn't acknowledge his movements towards her or anything he said until he voiced his statment about the scars around her eyes. Her lip wobbled and she yanked her eyemask over her eyes, covering the rest of her face with her hands and trying desperately not to break down into a hysterical fit of sobs. She had finally run out of her beautifcation potion that one of the medi-witches had given her a small supply off before she had been discharged from St. Mungo's. She needed more but hadn't been able to find somewhere that sold it for a reasonable price to poor muggleborn students and it stressed her out to no end. She knew that beauty was superficial but damnit she wanted to look normal! Siobhan simply shrunk inwards on herself as Toaster tried to pull her hand away from her face and make her pet him for comfort.

"Don't look at me-" she whimpered into her hands. Prat seemingly apologized to her and theair between the two of them was silent for a few minutes before Siobhan spoke up a few moments later, covering her quiet sobbing with attempted realization for him.

"A potion blew up in my face- I was stupid and it failed and I'm going to lose my eyes." she broke as the tears stung the crevices of her scars. It was shocking how her scars spiderwebbed out when someone was looking close enough at them. They weren't even connected but they were everywhere, small but noticable burn scars littered the tissue around her eyes and her forhead. Contracture scars is what they were called, which made it difficult for her skin to adjust to movement. Everything felt far too tight and as though it would rip any moment. She hated how she looked and couldn't imagine

Another few moments passed and Prat voiced his question about whether or not she wanted to join him and two others, someone named Atlas and Valk- who she was pretty sure she had already met- in the fun activity of making a fort. She had just started to somewhat calm down when two more voices, Remedy's and she guessed whoever this Atlas kid was, had started to ask questions about her eyes. She needed to run away and hide.

And so she did-

With a bit of a struggling sob she moved away from everyone who had come into her corner and began to ask her about her eyes. It was all she could think about and what should be a fun and exciting activity had turned into a pity party for herself. Again. She needed to stop doing this and hiding away from people but it felt better than to face the music of her new appearance. She stood near the outward entrance of the ballroom and dabbed at her eyes gently with her pajama sleeves, rubbing was bad for the skin around them and would only make it itchier than it could get sometimes.

She didn't return for a bit, until she had settled down and stopped crying. The hiccuping hadn't stopped but the sobbing had mostly. She embarrassedly walked back towards her spot where Toaster was, and her friends. Maybe they wouldn't ask anymore questions and she could just build a fort with them. If they even still wanted her to after running away like a big baby.

She sat down, trying to be relaxed but didn't say anything. She just pulled Toaster into her lap and kept her eyemask over her eyes to hide them as her face burned with the sting of embarrassment.

Interacting with : Reducio @Graci Laren, @Yolanda Yates, @Pamela Graham + open to interactions!

Date: Reducio April 12th

Notes: Reducio Speech: #3CB371 Thoughts: italics

Outfit: Reducio

Kaitlyn glanced shyly around at the other students, who seemed to be conversing well with others. While her stutter from last year seemed to subside, she still had trouble talking to others. Social anxiety usually gripped her pretty well, unfortunately. That meant she needed to try harder to be friendly and willing to talk to others.

Suddenly, a loud voice broke her from her thoughts. Kaitlyn looked up and saw a girl on a pillow-blanket sled slide into the ballroom … colliding with a pile of blankets. She giggled quietly after the girl apologized for her actions. Despite her polite demeanor, she knew the sight was entertaining. “That looked fun!” She called out from her spot to the girl, giving her an encouraging smile. Perhaps that was an activity she could partake in … with a few friends. She’d hate the idea of getting hurt … especially at a party. Rising from her spot, she walked over to the girl. “Hi, I’m Kaitlyn,” she greeted her with a shy smile.

Glancing out to the other students, Kaitlyn saw a girl with a shaved head and a unicorn horn that she seemed eager to remove. “Hi!” She called out to the girl, giving her a quick wave. If there was one thing Kaitlyn knew, she was aware of how debilitating it was to talk to people. Even with her improvements, she was still pretty shy. Yet, she wanted to make sure others were included, like these two girls.

Noticing Pamela enter, Kaitlyn smiled and waved at her. She didn’t want to bother the younger girl, who seemed to go talk to other girls. She wasn’t about to demand attention. At the same time, she made a mental note to talk to her later … if possible!

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Lexi walked anxiously through the doors of the ball room, curious on what her first party of the year had in store for her. Lexi was excited yet nervous, she didn't want to make the wrong first impression, but she also didn't want to seem anti-social. She walked into the ball room buzzing with excitement and anxiety. She stod there for a few minutes, just looking around the room anxiously, hoping to see someone she recognized. She decied that she was just gonna leave since she wasn't there with anyone anyways, so it wouldn't mater if she stayed th whole time anyways, so quickly she made her way for the doors. Then out of the corner of her I she spotted a Kaitlyn! (Finally a familiar face!) she thought to herself as she made her way over to Kaitlyn. She walked up shyly and said "HI Kaitlyn I'm Lexi. I'm not sure if you recognize me, but I thought should come over to say hi! So how was your day? What's your favorite thing about school so far? So far my favorite subject isTransfiguration!" Then Lexi took a deep breath and realized she was talking fast again, because she was a little anxious so she waited quietly for a reply.

Luisa entered the room, wearing a soft pastel sleeping gown, with a warm blanket bundled around her, a blanket her mother had given her as a sending away gift, she quite liked it, very warm and thick, which was quite useful in the drafty hogwarts halls, no matter how much magic a person put up there was always someone who left their window open overnight and made the whole dorm room much too cold.
she had thought about bringing some food, but figured it would be too difficult to get the house elves to let her make her own food, probably would have spent the whole time begging to be allowed to help her, or better yet, make it themselves. In the end she had decided to ask one of her fellow griffendows to borrow their gobstones set, which she hoped someone here would stop to play with her, it was one of her favorite games, something she would always play whenever she had a sleepover as a child or just because she and her brothers didn't want to go to sleep when their parents said it was time. She happily went from table to table, eating a bit of this and some of that. She stopped to chit chat with a few of the other students in attendance. This was fun, she didn't usually do big sleepovers like things like this, but sometimes it was nice to sit down and gossip for a bit.
Eventually she settled down with someone to play a few rounds of gobstones, and was on quite the winning streak, though in a moment of ill-advised distraction, she spotted a girl named Lexi across the room. “LEXI” she called “HI, get over here and play me will you?” she and the other girl had interacted before and she seemed quite nice, willing to have some actual fun, something she respected in others.
She waved towards the other girl, hoping to be spotted, only to be squirted in her face by a gobstone, earring a loud laugh from her opponent. She wiped the gunk off her face and refocused on the game she was playing. There was no way she was loosing just because she had spotted someone fun across the room, though… it would be quite nice to catch up with her. As she played she continued to try to get the other girl’s attention.

Lexi heard someone call her name,so naturally she looked around to see who it was. That's when she noticed Luisa in her pastel pink pajamas calling her over to join her in a game of gobstones. Lexi smiled and waved back at Luisa, kind of surprised that Luisa had remembered her . Shortly after Lexi had noticed that Kaitlyn didn't appear to be paying attention, Lexi excused herself and walked over to Luisa anxiously. Luisa had invited Lexi over to play a game of gobstones, but Lexi was kind of nervous since she had never played before. She didn't want to get embarrassed by saying she didn't know how to play. SO she thought "Well what if I don't tell her that I don't know how to play?" Then she figured it would be much worse if she just played along with it , and looked absolutely ridiculous struggling to play the game. As Lexi approached Luisa she had finally decided she would just tell her that she didn't know how to play. She sat down across from Luisa and said "Hey long time no see! Are you playing gobstones? It looks like fun, but I've never played before could you teach me?"