Friendship for All Open Closed

Interacting with @Alan Vanes, @Willow Anderson
Mentions @Samuel Barnes, @Kara Capricorn, @Brannelle Tarre

Ruka was delighted to hear Kara say that he‘d been found as well, and despite the fact that her parting words were clearly meant to rile him and Alan up a little bit, he couldn‘t help but smile brightly, eyes sparkling with glee.

He hadn‘t exactly wanted to be part of this whole game anyway, had really just wanted to do Alan a favour, so the fact that it was over before it even really began was quite welcome.

Alan, it seemed, wasn‘t quite that thrilled by it, his cheeks heating up with a blush as if he thought Ruka would be mad at this development. With a slight chuckle, the younger Gryffindor waved it off before stopping in his tracks and taking a second look at Alan‘s face.

Were those freckles?

Ruka tilted his head to the side and blinked, and by the time he opened his eyes again the freckles seemed to be gone again. A trick of the light maybe, or a direct result of sleep deprivation.

Most likely nothing to over-think.

As he internally congratulated himself on having been found so quickly, he glanced around the small group that had gathered around the girl - Willow? - and as he sat down next to Alan he sighed quietly to himself. Aside from Alan, who seemed psyched at the idea of making friendship bracelets, there were also two other boys he didn‘t recognise, and he didn‘t want to ruin either of their fun with this thing.

Still...

„Who exactly are we making friendship bracelets for, then?“ he asked Willow, a slight hint of judgement in his voice. „Ourselves? That‘s a bit sad if you ask me.“ He hummed lightly as he reached for a green thread, eyeing it curiously before turning to face Alan, a small smile on his face. „Who are you making one for?“ he asked in genuine curiosity.
Alan was as nice as kids around here got, so Ruka assumed he had to have a tirade of friends to make friendship bracelets for.

He, himself? He doubted he‘d be able to name even one person as his friend. At the moment Alan probably came closest to what a friend would actually be, but after everything that had happened since last summer, Ruka had found himself keeping some distance from people for his own sanity.

Friends just really did not fit into his life right now.

Still, he was already here, and Alan looked at him like a hopeful puppy waiting for his owner to throw him a ball, so maybe it wouldn‘t be too bad to just make a bracelet.

Worst case, he could always just put it on his own wrist. At least his own self would be a friend for life.

Interacting with @Ruka Tân @Alan Vanes @Brannelle Tarre @Samuel Barnes

There were so many people approaching her table, she was only a little bit overwhelmed. She cupped her face with her hands, a beaming smile spreading over her face. "This is so exciting! I'm so excited to make friendship bracelets with all of you." She quickly got to work cutting thread and preparing the bracelets for people, knotting them and taping them to the table in front of the person that needed them. "I like the colors that you picked Sam, they're a nice earthy combo."

When Alan hesitated on her name, she realized she hadn't introduced herself, so she jumped up and stood in front of the table. "Ok, hi everyone! I'm Willow. I'm a friendship bracelet maker extraordinaire, here to spread the joys of friendship bracelet making!" Her voice was just above a shout to welcome anyone else that was hesitant about joining. "You can make some for your friends, for yourself, for your family! As long as there is yarn you can make as many bracelets as you would like!" She turned to face the rest of the Great Hall, "Come one, come all! To the friendship bracelet extravaganza!" She plopped herself back down. Looking up as someone new approached.

"Hi there! I made the pile of those bracelets myself, feel free to take one and make some! This is for everyone." She was going to make so many friends this week, she was absolutely thrilled about the turnout of this impromptu 'friendship bracelet extravaganza'. As Ruka asked the question, she tilted her head in confusion. "I make these bracelets for myself all the time. It's a form of self-expression. It's not sad, besides I'm the best friend for myself that I can have. Besides like... my friend Flash. He's pretty great too."

Alan's face brightened up a little again, when Ruka waved it off as if nothing had bothered him about being caught and Alan was quite relieved about that. However it made the young boy wonder, whether he had been interested in the game in the first place. But Alan was sure he would not have joined, if he really had been so against joining it. Maybe he was just in a bad mood this day, he did seem like it at least... But maybe the other Gryffindor just did not care about losing the game, which could have been the reason of him not caring about being caught by the Slytherin that had found them earlier.

„Who exactly are we making friendship bracelets for, then? Ourselves? That‘s a bit sad if you ask me.“, he heard Ruka ask and it made him think for a bit. He could make one for Ruka maybe... They probably weren't friends, but the other student seemed nice and who said only friends could make each other presents? Alan was sure that you could give such a bracelet to anyone, except to maybe an enemy.... was there such a thing like an enemy bracelet?, the Gryffindor could not help but wonder, but quickly was sure about the fact, that enemies wouldn't make each other such nice presents, which was rather sad really. There probably would be less enemies, if they just were nicer to another, no?

"Who are you making one for?“, Ruka asked, this time he was addressing Alan, so the other straightened his back, speaking jauntily, "Well, I was thinking about making one for my friend... a-and for the other one I would have to see...", Alan glanced at the other kid, not quite sure whether his idea was quite as good, but he also did not not wanna dot this...

Before Alan could elaborate or Ruka could ask for more details, the girl stood up and began to introduce herself in a quite unique fashion, that made the Gryffindor smile lightly. It amused him, but in a genuine way, without any bitter feelings, as he looked at the different colors of thread. After some time of consideration he chose a two different shades of red, one orangey-yellow and a dark green. He placed them both in groups; the more vibrant red together with the yellowish orange and the dark green together with a warm color of red, that reminded him of a setting sun. "I- I think I'm done ch-choosing?", he offered, glancing up at Willow and tilting his head curiously, seemingly eager for further instructions. He turned his head to Ruka, "What colors will you choose?", he wondered loudly, having only seen the green that the second year had picked, with what seemed like hesistation.

@Willow Anderson
Although the other girl's elation certainly had radiated over to Brannelle, she couldn't help but be confused on why they were making bracelets. She hadn't thought about it until one of the boy's across the table questioned their actions, causing her reflect on what she was doing. Usually Brannelle did nice things just for the good feelings that came with doing it. But why would someone make friendship bracelets when they didn't really have friends?

Brannelle was in no way try to be self-depricating, she was only stating facts. While she treated everyone as kindly as possible she hadn't found a lot of time to really make any strong relationships with people at the school and knew that making friendship bracelets was just echoing a past she was still grasping at, back when she went to primary school—which wasn't really that long ago—and making friends had been as easy as breathing air. The process had been as easy and refreshing as respiration but here at Hogwarts it was like breathing in foreign air; there were too many complicated and complex factors to think about when forming relationships and Brannelle had enough work focusing on her academics.

She had her arms folded nicely on the table with a faint amused expression but if one looked deeply enough, past her normal cheerful facade, they might notice a hint of solemnity and fatigue. But Brannelle was luckily very interested in making the bracelets for people in general so she managed to focus on the task at hand and less on her own troubles.

The girl introduced herself as Willow, which Brannelle immediately recalled. She was good with names, especially for bright-minded people such as the one before her. It also made it easier since they shared the same house, Hufflepuff. Brannelle parted her lips to share her own name but her voice was lost in the excitement and chatter of the Great Hall. She figured if anyone needed they could always ask her later.

Her eyes wandered back over to many pieces of yarn, the ones not yet fashioned into anything. She guessed it was time to choose their colors because that's what one of the boys were already doing. Brannelle thought for a moment, tapping a knuckle on her chin, before picking her colors: black and mustard yellow for Hufflepuff; pink, blue, and yellow, the most pastel ones of the pile for a friend; and one made of green, lavender, and black, given those were her mother's favorite colors. Brannelle was going to make the last, the one for her mother, the most elaborate of them all, but she first needed to figure out how from Willow.

“Hey—how many different designs and patterns do you know? I want to make something very unique for my mother.” She gathered the green, violet, and black yarns in her hand.

Mentions @Willow Anderson @Alan Vanes

Tyranni walked into the Great Hall and heard a Hufflepuff girl asking people as they walked by if they wanted to make friendship bracelets. Her curiosity drawn, Tyr walked over. She had some bracelets pre-made and the supplies to make other. Every color imaginable was present. It looked like there were quite a few others already present making bracelets. One of the kids present she remembered seeing at the Tea Party, but she had never met him formally.

"Hey. Um, could I have you make a custom one for me? I am fairly crafty, but this is not currently within my skillset." She hoped the girl (@Willow Anderson) would be willing to help her out and teach her how to make the bracelet in case she wanted to try making one in the future again.

While she waited for the girls response, she gathered the colored yarn she wanted. Black yarn. Looking at the rest of supplies, she saw that the girl also had beads of many colors. She found shiny green beads that she wanted to add to the bracelet. She wanted the bracelet to be woven and thick, with the green beads on the edges.

Overhearing the other student she remembered seeing at the Tea Party, she decided to buck up and just try to talk to more students and make friends since everyone she knew was in her own house. Looking towards the boy, she stuck her hand out hoping he would shake it back.

"Hey, my name is Tyranni. I overhead you talking about your bracelets. You picked out lovely colors. If it isn't for you, then I bet whoever it is for will love it." (@Alan Vanes ) Hopefully her assertiveness wouldn't scare the other kid away. Waiting to see if he responded, she kept gathering her supplies.

Photo for reference: Instead the thread would be black and beads green

Reducio

Interacting with @Alan Vanes
Mentions @Willow Anderson and  @Tyranni Whitethorn

Ruka couldn't help but be a little taken aback by Willow's bubbly attitude; she seemed far too happy, far too excited and carefree and he wasn't quite sure he trusted that. People like that were usually either compensating for something, or were far too naive for their own good. 

Life was cruel and would probably destroy this girl in a heartbeat.

Shaking his head off that thought, Ruka just watched as she introduced herself and loudly invited everyone in their immediate surroundings to join their friendship bracelet making workshop. This was about the latest Ruka would have gotten up and left if it wasn't for Alan and his stupid puppy dog eyes, and his evil ways of making him feel guilty for not being as excited about life as the older Gryffindor was himself.
Speaking of the other boy, Ruka put his attention on Alan again for a while, offering him a small smile as he talked about who he was making the bracelets for. He had imagined that Alan had an easy time rattling off at least half a dozen names on his friend-list, but he only seemed sure about who to give one bracelet to, was apparently still thinking of who to make the recipient of the second.
"Well, I'm sure whoever you'll give it to will appreciate it," he said with a little shrug while playing with the green thread he'd picked out between his fingers. The twirled a part of the string around his thumb, leaving small indents in the skin as he removed it again.

Turning back to Willow, he frowned a bit, tilting his head to the side as he mustered her for a second. She may have had a point in saying she was her own best friend - Yourself was probably the only person you could almost always count on, but observing her behaviour up until this point, Ruka doubted that she had really meant it the way that he was thinking of. Not quite unlike Alan, this girl seemed to thrive off positive relationships with people - He imagined that, if it was up to her, all of Hogwarts would be wearing friendship bracelets by now. 

What really caught his attention, however, was her casual mention of a name he'd been mulling over in his head since the day before. 

Flash.

Surely she couldn't be talking about the same kid who had tried to grossly manipulate him the day before while he had been deep inside an emotional low? The same boy who'd tried to pull several different tactics on him to get information on Jack before actually laying his intentions bare?

Why would a girl like this keep around a boy like that?

He decided not to question her out loud. Not now, not in front of all these people. Maybe he wasn't the best at social interactions, and maybe he wasn't the most delicate and empathetic person out there, but even he could see that this was not a setting to intentionally put himself into a fight.

No, instead he looked back at Alan with a small frown on his face before registering what the other boy had asked him. "Oh, uhm," he said dumbly, blinking at the table a few times before concentrating on the various colours that were still spread out all over the place. He suppressed the urge to put them all into order and instead reached for a shade of grey that caught his eye, placing it next to the green he had already picked out before.

Slytherin colours, he realised belatedly, clenching his hands into fists for a moment.

Figures.

He took a deep breath and looked back over at his housemate, only to realised that another girl had struck up a conversation with him that Ruka had no intention of joining.

Well, he figured, with Alan otherwise occupied, at least there was nothing stopping him from leaving.

Once he had finished that stupid bracelet that he definitely wasn't making with a specific person in mind.

Interacting with @Brannelle Tarre @Ruka Tân @Tyranni Whitethorn @Alan Vanes

Willow was trying to make quick work of getting everyone set up to make bracelets. 'I should've brought multiple scissors... Or be able to do that fancy snap that Professor Browne did and have them all cut.' It was too late for what she should do, but next time she would remember to bring more supplies so people weren't waiting on her for too long. Once she had Alan set up, she moved on to the other Hufflepuff girl who had quite a few different set of colors picked out for hers.

"I've actually made one for my mom too, she has never taken it off despite it probably being the worst one I've ever made." She chuckled as she thought of the memory of the second bracelet she had ever made. It could barely even be called a bracelet, but her mom still cherished it nonetheless. "I know nearly every pattern you can think of. If you describe how you want it made then I can help you bring it to life. I want to start everyone out on the same simple bracelet though before going on to a more advanced one if that's alright? The Hufflepuff colors would be great to start with.." She paused realizing she actually hadn't caught the girls name, "Sorry can you tell me your name again? I'm really bad at remembering them." She felt bad honestly, but there hadn't been a day at Hogwarts where she hadn't met someone new and it could get confusing to remember people's names.

Willow's head came back up from her work when a third person approached, a girl from Slytherin this time. "Welcome! My name is Willow, we're happy to have you join us." She cut the colors Tyranni needed and knotted them up for her. "I'd be happy to help you, that's what I'm here for! You describe it and I can help you make it. Friendship bracelets are pretty repetitive once you get the main knots down."

She looked to the last boy who still hadn't picked out his colors. He seemed a little bit off, but maybe he was just having a bad day so she didn't want to rush him. As soon as he picked them out, seemingly taking a long time just to go with Slytherin colors she cut the appropriate amount for him. "Slytherin isn't that hard of a color scheme to pick out, but I appreciate the delicate thought you probably put into it." She nodded at him encouragingly, she hoped he would realize she was joking and not actually making fun of him.

She clapped her hands together excitedly, and also to get everyone's attention back to her. She handed out pieces of tape for everyone to attach their bracelets to the table in front of them. "Alright everyone! We're gonna get started. I have my own bracelet here so for those of you doing two-colors you'll be following what I do and then after the first couple steps it's the same all the way down until you knot it, so just let me know when you get there. For those of you doing multi-color or more advanced ones give me one second so I can show everyone else how to get started. Although, I do recommend starting with a beginner one if you haven't made one before." While she was still confident in what she was saying, she had to admit she was a little bit nervous to lead this. Her Hufflepuff one went great, but she was in her comfort zone there. She started to guide everyone through the steps slowly, pausing if anyone needed her help or had any questions.

The third year had been chosen the colors for two different bracelets he would made and if he assumed correct, they would be simple to make or at least he hoped so, because Willow mentioned it would not be too difficult. He stared at the arrangement of colors and wondered whether he should make more of them, for his other friends, because he had a few of those. But thinking about it, he could only think of a few people he would actually like to give them to as presents, so maybe he should wait on that. A sigh escaped his lips, as he pondered about this thought for a while, before visibly shaking his head and focusing on the threads he had already picked. Later on he could still decide to make other ones, but he really would like to make these now.

Alan smiled, when Ruka finally had made his decision as well and nodded slightly, as if he was approving of the choice of color. "It.. It's a nice color scheme...", he mumbled in approval, after even Willow had made a mention about the colors Ruka had picked. He wondered who Ruka would be making this bracelet for, but he assumed it would be for a Slytherin, based on the colors he had picked alone. He could be wrong though, so he did not want to make any assumptions without knowing.

When it finally got to the point of actually making the bracelets, Alan could not wait and happily took the piece of tape, that Willow handed out to them and taped the green and red combination to the table in front of him, before pressing his thumb against it, to make sure the tape would stick and hold the thread in place. Once he was satisfied he nodded and watched Willow and her further instructions. It was nice he would have a visual explanation as well, because he had troubles just following words.

He did his best to follow the steps as he had been explained, but for some reason it just did not want to work out the way he wanted it to. Whether it was because he often accidentally used the wrong thread to make the knot or the many times the attempt of a bracelet twisted and spiraled into a mess of yarn. With time Alan got a little frustrated, looking over to Ruka to see how the other kid was holding up, maybe he could teach him how to fix it, or re-start and make it better. Alan sat there, brows furrowed as he glared at the bracelet he was making. How could this be so difficult? It had looked so simple, when Willow had made them. To top it all off, even with him having made sure the tape was stuck to the table, the thread snapped out from below it, leaving him with a mess of knots and yarn in his hand. For a moment he could only stare at it, before looking up to Willow with a helpless expression.

Interaction With: @Willow Anderson

As all the people joined into the group, Sam had managed to get even more anxious. Somehow, Willows casual compliment on the colors he chose calmed him down slightly. He took a moment to breathe. He reminded himself that it was for Johnathan. John would want Sam to socialize more anyways. So he took as much of his anxiety as he could (which wasn’t much) and tucked it deep down. “Oh uh- thank you. I’m planning on making matching ones for me and a friend back home.” He let a casual, yet forced, smile fall onto his face. He was fine. It’s just bracelet making, with people surrounding him, but they, for the most part, seemed nice. All he had to do was calm down. He was fine.
He looked down at the yarn in front of him. Bracelet making can’t be too hard. He and Johnathan had done it pretty well. Then again they were seven so his mother probably taught them the easiest thing…
When Willow started speaking to the entire group Sam made sure to pay attention, it kept his mind off the people around him. Then she started teaching the group how to make them, and Sam was doing surprisingly well, but then again he was paying close attention, has had some experience, and was using this as his only distraction from all of the anxious thoughts running through his head. He took a moment and looked around at the group taking it all in. He began to count the people around him, something he did often. So far the table consisted of two Gryffindors, two Slytherins, and two Hufflepuffs (not including himself).
Eventually he reached the end and that is when his small knowledge of bracelet making came in handy. He tied it off and smiled, looking over to Willow. “How does it look?”

Interacting with @Alan Vanes and @Willow Anderson
Rolled 11 for Bracelet Success

Slightly lost in his thoughts, Ruka let Willow's voice rush past him as she talked to all the surrounding students, explaining about patterns and the difficulty of making these friendship bracelets. He busied himself with picking the colours for his own in the meanwhile instead, twirling threads around his fingers for a long while, even after Alan had already picked the colours for both his bracelets.

Once he had finally picked his colours and got them taped to the table, he looked up at Willow who had decided to out right address the fact that he was using a Slytherin colour scheme for his bracelet, and he could feel heat rising in his cheeks as he looked at her. "I just like green," he argued weakly to counter her assumption that he had put a lot of thought into the making of the bracelet.

He didn't even want to be here, so why would he put any thought into making this stupid thing?

With a low grumble he turned to glare at Alan when the other Gryffindor complimented his choice of colours as well. "It's just the first colours that caught my eye," he defended his choice against a non-existent criticism, wondering for a moment what he was getting so defensive about. Sometimes his own mind was a mystery to him.

Shaking his head off the thought he instead turned to focus on his threads, and on Willow to try and follow her instructions on how to make the bracelet.

The steps weren't too difficult to follow, and where Alan clearly seemed to struggle, Ruka managed to put together a decent looking bracelet by the end of it, the dark green contrasting the grey quite nicely, which... Only made it more obvious that he was using House Colours for it.

"Done," he announced weakly to Willow, eyes fixed on his bracelet. It definitely wasn't as neat and tidy as the ones the Hufflepuff girl was clearly skilled in making, but he had to admit that... for his first attempt he was quite happy with how it had turned out; There were no obvious knots where they shouldn't be, and while the colours got slightly mixed up here and there, it was still a bracelet and he couldn't really ask for much more than that. "So how do we close it up, then?"