The Misfits Friendship B

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Reducio Mention: @Zephyr Deakin @Rose Pearce @Edward Bishop @Max Kenneally Vidler @Skylar Astor

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Harumi didn't plan on coming, at least originally, that was until she joined a team for the hockey game, although she never particularly enjoyed sports, running and a couple other sports being the only exceptions, which was one of the reasons she wasn't going, and she also didn't want to change the quiet rhythm of her routine by going so far away from hogwarts and her homeland. those were her two reasons for originally not going.

----The reason she joined the team? Curiosity obviously! For the majority of her life, people said she's like cats, why? She has no idea, but they say it's in her behaviour, and well, cats are curious, so is her, she likes trying new things, and hates routine, but sometimes that's the only thing she's comfortable with.

----Today however, wasn't one of those days that she stays within her comfort zone, no, she's doing her favourite thing, trying out new things, and here she is in Russia, the furthest she has ever gone in her life since being born.

----Upon arriving she didn't dislike it, the weather was slightly chilly, which she kind of liked, some faces were familiar, fellow hogwarts students, and some weren't, and she was kind of enjoying everything, it felt awesome and strange, being so far away from home and seeing new faces, it made her feel thrilled, and curious to know how everything will unfold, she even started thinking that maybe she should join more things like this.

----And so Harumi started walking to her assigned yurt, it seemed two of her teammates in the hockey team were in the same yurt as her, as well as her two fellow Hufflepuffs whom she spends time with in the common room drinking tea and trading chocolate frogs cards, she was familiar enough with everyone, which made her comfortable.

----When she enters the yurt she sees all shades of purple and blue, and so much pillows, "wow, it feels cosy in here..." she thought as she curiously turned to observe everyone's different reactions, then again she turned to look at the yurt some more, she curiously picks the neon ink bottle, before putting it back, and making a mental note of writing with it some time.

----She then drops her bag somewhere near a bunk bed, then climbs up to the top bunk, she never slept in the top bunk before, so she decided to try it.

----She glances at Skylar and Zephyr."Starting a pillow fight already?" she asked playfully, then she looked at the pillow pit, calculating if jumping from up here would be safe, and against her better judgement she jumps into the pillow pit, the pillows cushioned her fall leaving her unscathed. "Well, that wasn't too painful, thankfully." she said while laughing.

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Interacting with:	@Zephyr Deakin, @Rose Pearce, @Edward Bishop, @Skylar Astor & @Harumi Everdane
Dialogue:	#225700
Date:	15.02.26 ——
Words:	345

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His first time out of the country, and Max was pretty much giddy with the excitement. He had not attended the event hosted at Tenusa, and from the horror stories being passed around it was probably a good thing. He had not planned to attend this event either, originally. Sports were existing to be sure, but he was sort of unsure about the whole Olympic thing. It was not until he had mentioned it in a letter he sent home that his interest was caught. His father had shared that one of the sports, ice hockey, was basically Hurling just played on skates. That he could get behind! So he volunteered, and was probably responsible for convincing Rose to join too. The idea of attending the event and competing just got more exciting the more he thought about it.

So there he was. Cloak pulled tight around him to keep the cold from seeping in. He was supposed to share accommodation with quite a few. A few he knew, some he only knew of. But it was sort of thrilling, being able to share a yurt with friends from different houses. Upon setting a foot in the threshold, he paused. The space seemed utterly cozy. Soft shades of blue and purple reflected softly across the room. Beds, giant pillows and a good amount of space to move around.

As Zephyr dove into the pile of pillows he stepped into the room with a grin. This he could get used to! Discarding his belongings on the nearest bed, and flinging off his cloak, he was not late in rushing in to the center of the room and joining the three others already dog piling there. With an exited laugh he took aim an leapt. He succeeded in landing on the pillows more than he landed on the others thankfully. The pillows were soft, and so for a moment he just let himself sink down into them. But before long he poked his head up, laughing. «I could get used to this!» It was basically how he pictured the Hufflepuff common room, just in different colors. «Edward, come feel! These are the softest pillows I have seen in for ever! As if to demonstrate just how soft it was he picked up one in a deep blue and softly whacked Harumi over the head with a laugh.

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Edward smiled in awe upon seeing the interior of the tent. He still wasn’t sure about all this - it was one thing being so far from home at Hogwarts but now he was in a whole foreign country at one of the foreign Wizarding schools, but he felt comfortable since his friends were here. While he wasn’t himself whatsoever sporty, but he was happy to come along to support his school and friends in their endeavors.

Edward had heard from some of his friends including at least one who had been there of what had happened back at the last visit between the schools at Tenusa and hoped that these Olympic games wouldn’t be interrupted by a similar incident.

He breathed warm air on his cold hands before pushing his luggage beneath one of the beds, claiming it as his own. He wondered if this was how all the students here slept, as they were coming in he saw lots of yurts set up but assumed correctly that most of them were to accommodate the guests but he also hadn’t seen any large permanent structures that would obviously have been a dormitory… so maybe they did live like this year around after all.

Edward chuckled as the others began to settle in and pillow fight with the soft plush luxurious pillows - he piqued up as Max called his name, waking over to touch the pillows, “oh! You’re right” he replied with a smile as he floofs the pillow a bit before slinking down into them watching the rest with occasional bouts of laughter at his friends’ pillow fighting antics.

The previous event in Tenusa she had participated in had still left an impression on Rose. Her mind was full of these traumatic memories from the attack she and her friends had suffered from. Thankfully no one has been severely injured but Rose couldn't help but thinking that it could have gone worst. This time only two of her friends from Tenusa had come as well.
And unlike last time they were in a much cooler country. Russia. During the Winter season it was a country known for it coldness. Rose was wearing a padded coat and her scarf as she was tucking her face in it. Her cheeks and tip of her nos had reddened because of the coldness. Walking on the snowy ground Rose and her friends were making their way to their yurt as she was looking around a bit on alert.
Hopefully nothing would happen this time. No attack or anything of the same kind. At first she didn't plan to come here but her best friends coming and one of her friend being part of the ice hockey team kind of forced her to be part of the team as well and to come. She could have said no but thinking that could be a nice experience and Rose liking discovering new places and things she accepted.

Not soon after they finally reached their yurt and everyone got in. Rose stood in front of it while taking an overall look from it and around as she decided she would have walk later on to explore.
When she entered the yurt her eyes widened as a smile appeared on her face. She looked around and felt like home. The blue and purple tint, the floor and ceiling looking like a night starry sky felt so familiar to Rose she couldn't have loved another yurt more than this one. Above all it was the cushion pit in the middle of the room. It was just like her dorm at Hogwarts. At least she was not going to be disoriented in their new place for the next coming days. Rose still not believing her eyes hadn't realised her friends had already started to make themselves comfortable and even starting a pillow fight.
Then Skylar made a comment that made Rose arched an eyebrow looking at her friend.
"Skylar don't you want me to sleep at all?" she asked chuckling.

If like in her dorm they could see the sky Rose would probably (certainly) lack of sleep and considering her being part of a Ice Hockey Team she couldn't allow herself to be too tired. She put her things on the bed above Skylar's before she turned around towards the center of the room where she saw everyone else on the cushion pit laughing and having fun. Rose smiled at the enjoying view of her friends. Not knowing how to join as they were already five and taking into account she had a cushion pit all year at Hogwarts she didn't mind and let her friends enjoying it to the fullest.

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The pillows were softer than Zephyr expected. When he jumped into the pit, he sank almost completely under them. All he could see and feel were pillow all around him. One pillow was pressed against his cheek and another supported his back, and the rest were comfortably around him. He didn't notice how tense he had been until that second. What was supposed to be an exciting trip, there was a part of him that remained cautious.

Skylar’s voice broke through his thoughts and a smirk formed on his lips as he hugged a pillow to his chest and replied from beneath the pile, his voice slightly muffled. “Too late. I claimed it first.” Something soft hit the side of his head unexpectedly. The pillows shifted again as he rolled and pushed himself upright, his hair now messy. “Oh, so that’s how we’re doing this?” He grabbed a dark purple pillow and held it up like a shield, ready to retaliate.

Meanwhile, he didn't notice Harumi was already on the top bunk telling them about starting a pillow fight. Before he could reply to her, she already came falling onto the pit with them and he's got a half mind to move away to avoid collision and hurt each other. "Hey!! Careful there." It followed shortly by Max who was egging Edward to join them and immediately hit Harumi over the head. "Yeah, come and join us Edward!"

The craziness and hilarity of the situation made him laugh out loud, not holding back at all, "Pillow fight!!!!" He declared and started throwing pillow to everyone in that pit. Noticing Rose was just watching them, he motioned her to the others with his head and raised a pillow slightly as if telling them to do this with them and launched a pillow at Rose and then shouted, "Nope, you don't get to just sit there, you are joining us!" He grinned mischievously.

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Reducio Word count: 342

Reducio Mention: @Zephyr Deakin @Rose Pearce @Edward Bishop @Max Kenneally Vidler @Skylar Astor

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Now in the pillow pit after her jump, Harumi was giggling softly. "Sorry, guys! Are you fine, Skylar? I hope I didn't accidentally crush someone." she said while making sure she didn't hurt anyone accidentally, after being sure everyone is fine, she started looking around the pillow pit.

----While exploring the pillow pit, she started daydreaming, the pillows were soft and fluffy, she could stay here forever. "There could be a hundred pillows here, should I count them?" she thought laughably, looking around her, she actually started counting the pillows in a low voice for no particular reason.

----She was still caught in her silly thoughts, when Max whacked her over the head, snapping out of it, she couldn't help but chuckle as she picked one of the pillows. "come here, Max! I'm taking my revenge!" she said as she threw the pillow at Max playfully, she looked at him for a moment playfully before picking multiple more pillows and throwing them at him. "hmm, I will let you off the hook easy this time" She finally said playfully before sticking out her tongue and throwing one last pillow at him.

----Glancing at Edward, who seemed to enjoy only watching far too much in her opinion, she picked up a pillow and throw it at him "hey, Edward, catch this!" She warned him playfully as the pillow was thrown, the warning was probably too late for him to catch the pillow, well, maybe she deliberately warned him late, who knows.

----That's when Zephyr threw pillows to everyone, she caught hers and then saw him pointing at Rose with his head, catching what he meant, Harumi was about to team up with everyone against Rose when a better idea came to her mind after seeing Skylar defending Rose, she smirked mischievously.

----"Hey, girls! Wanna team up against them?!" She proposed looking at the two girls. "Catch this, Rose!" She said before throwing a pillow for Rose to defend herself. "We're going to win this! Be carful, boys!" She announced confidently.

Edward Bishop wrote: 9 Feb 2026, 16:57

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Edward was indeed enjoying the atmosphere and scene, chillaxing after the Opening Feast while getting settled into their comfy-cozy Yurt. He laughed watching their antics, just enjoying the moment. Back home at Hogwarts - as over the past half of a year it already had begun to feel more like home to him than the house he grew up in - he was used to spending some time with Zephyr and Harumi in the common room, but not all sleeping together in the same space - it felt like the kind of sleepover that he had always dreamed of having as a child but never was able to due to a lack of friends. He wished that these moments on forever but he knew all good things must come to their end eventually but he was determined to enjoy and make the most of the moments here while they were here.

That said, he was still a bit full from the opening feast and a bit tired from the bit of ice-skating that they had done before retiring to their yurt, so he would participate in their fun but not exert himself too much.

He agreed audibly with his cousin Skylar as she asked, “What’s wrong with someone who just wanted to sit and see the good view?” replying, "I know right!?"

Edward chuckled as Harumi's tossed pillow hit him. He grabbed it and tossed it over towards Max instead.

He sighed a bit as if reluctant but was clearly exaggerated, open to a bit of fun, as he stood looking between Zephyr and Max to see if they were going to take Harumi up on her challenge of a girls-vs-boys pillow fight. He glanced to his cousin Skylar, still in her defensive position guarding Rose, deciding that if things got out of hand he would step behind one of the other boys himself to use as a human shield. He was sure they wouldn't mind.