Nailing It
Evasion: 6
Strength: 5
Wisdom: 8
Arcane Power: 5
Accuracy: 7
@Simon Kincaid
@Lotus Lively
@Lilly Lightwood
Dido breathed a sigh of elation as Jrue seemed to show no indication of disbelieving her Ravenclaw statement, instead saying, “Dido. What a lovely name! I don't believe I've ever heard it before.”
And thankfully, Dido suppressed the urge to talk about her namesake, the Queen of Carthage, and managed to cheerfully thank the girl instead. To Dido’s delight at having been “accepted”, Jrue offered to paint her nails too, asking what colour she wanted, and Dido quickly shuffled forwards to present her hand, thanking the Hufflepuff again. Smiling widely, which she seemed to be doing a lot of that day, Dido asked, “Could I have them in orange, please? Like, tangerine orange- If that’s ok?”
As she asked for her favourite colour, another child joined the small group beginning to form and offered to help Jrue with the painting, all while introducing himself as Lotus. Which Dido did think was an odd name, somewhat hypocritically given her own.
But, as Jrue explained that she didn’t need help, Dido’s stomach flipped inside her. She recognised the boy, perhaps by his hair. He was a Slytherin. He might know she wasn’t in Ravenclaw.
Fortunately, or unfortunately for Dido’s growing worry, another person joined the throng. The new girl seemed a little nervous as she asked to join the group and Dido felt a little guilty, having just felt the same way moments before. So, with her hand still outstretched to Jrue, she smiled at the girl and confidently said, “Yeah of course!” before glancing at the others and quietly adding, “If that’s alright with you...”
-Dido Bleaklane |
Nailing It
Sharing some time with @Jrue Peterson, @Dido Bleaklane, @Lotus Lively, and @Lilly Lightwood
With Simon's nails done, he just patiently waited while they dried. In movies, he had seen girls blow on them but he wasn't sure if that would ruin the nail polish if done too early in the drying process. He did survey his nails, looking at their condition. He did sometimes chew his nails - not in nervous habit but because he was a dhampir and they just grew so often that it was ridiculous. Sometimes he could trim them in the morning and by evening's fall he wished he had access to clippers once more. That was something he was going to need to start putting in his enchanted satchel to carry around. There was plenty of room.
"Mascot of Hufflepuff, hmm?" he smiled over to Jrue. "Should I go around wearing a little badger costume and learn how to do backflips? Might make for good morale at quidditch matches or maybe I could do a little routine in between some of our dueling matches. Think the professors would allow me to give it a go? I'd need some sort of name..... Puffleton, that's it!" he smiled widely over at the other Hufflepuff who had just done his nails.
Some others joined them by now. "Pleasure to meet you, Dido," he said to the girl because he now had a name to place with her. "Welcome, Lotus," he said to the other, admiring the name. Another girl, he thought he had seen in the Common Room before came into the space and Simon smiled to her, not minding if she joined but this wasn't his operation.
There was a fair amount here though and if Jrue should want to charge for her services, he felt she could make a little income there at th school doing such. "Well, since we're all together, I think we should do something......" Simon smiled. He too liked to talk and get to know his fellow schoolmates. "We should do something like play a game of Who is Most Likely To.... where we come up with random or absurd things and raise our hands, our hands not getting painted, when one of the statements applies to us. Or we could uhh..... do Two Truths and a Lie."
Something, anything, to get them all talking. Something to get them to know each other a little more.
Be kind to one another. (*iNPC is Miles Thatcher)
Nailing It
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song. Unknown/Nth ~ Hozier
actions. xx
eleven fifteen a.m.
the lavatory.
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"Oh Simon- Not Puffleton... for the love of God anything else-" She shook her head, taking Dido's hand into hers and starting on the pinky nail. Her hands were very lovely and slender, much alike Jrue's. And her nails were lovely taken care of. Jrue had needed a miracle for her's to not be bitten and ugly. I guess her mother had helped her with that.
"Lotus your hair is so striking! I don't think I've ever seen that color before." She nodded cordially, wiping off a smudge of nail polish that had spread down Dido's hand. She hadn't seen some of these students before, it was such a large building, but the classes weren't that large, so it did make sense. She still felt bad though. At least they would know each other from this way.
She nodded at Simon's remark. Two Truths and A Lie was always fun to play. Her friends back from school did it all the time, and it was very intriguing. "No, that does sound very fun!" She nodded, painting Dido's thumb and fanning it off, smiling at the student's around her. "Who wants to go first? I'd go first but I don't want to mess up her nails-" She shrugged her shoulders awkwardly, chuckling. "Dido, you first."
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